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A mandate from Rio?
07 June 2012Sustainability reporting has come a long way over the past two decades – but could Rio+20 see it become mandatory? Wim Bartels considers the implications
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Realising the promise of 'sustainable energy for all'
07 June 2012The private sector must be front and centre in delivering the Rio+20 Sustainable Energy for All agenda, in partnership with the public sector and NGOs, says Lisa Jacobson
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Renewables could access $6bn of financing with MLPs, says study
07 June 2012Allowing the US renewable energy industry to tap into master limited partnerships (MLP) could provide up to $6 billion in financing for new projects, according to a new study.
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Wind energy is 'good business' for banks – BayernLB
07 June 2012The banking sector sees the wind energy industry as good business, but should perhaps express its support for the industry more forcefully, according to one banker.
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UN chief 'cautiously optimistic' on Rio+20 agreement
06 June 2012Difficult negotiations in the run up to the UN's sustainable development summit are not unusual, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is "cautiously optimistic" of agreement being reached in Rio de Janeiro later this month.
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On the right course
06 June 2012Mark Nicholls finds optimism and evolving thinking in the results of Environmental Finance's first survey of sustainability issues in postgraduate education
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A solar survivor
06 June 2012For Jigar Shah, who has spent his entire career in clean energy, the solar sector's latest travails represent merely a bump in the road. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez
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OPIC's clean energy export drive
06 June 2012The Overseas Private Investment Corporation's clean energy division has flourished over the past few years. Lynn Tabernacki, its managing director of renewables and clean energy, talks to Gloria Gonzalez
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Five companies partner on plant-based plastic
06 June 2012Coca-Cola, Ford, Heinz, Nike and Procter & Gamble have announced a partnership to develop and use 100% plant-based plastic in their products.
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US wind industry eyes alternative markets
06 June 2012US wind turbine manufacturers are looking to other North and South American markets, to protect them if Congress fails to extend the production tax credit (PTC) for wind.