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Sustainable biomass a major risk for power stations – Drax
10 May 2012Ensuring the sustainability of biomass fuel is "the biggest unquantified risk" facing Drax, operator of the UK's largest coal power plant, according to its head of environment.
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South-east Asia clean energy fund nears first close
10 May 2012Newly-formed clean energy investor Armstrong Asset Management is nearing a $66 million first close for a fund to invest in small-scale renewable energy and 'resource efficiency' projects in South-east Asia.
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Microsoft carbon neutrality goal would cost below $10m
10 May 2012Microsoft would need to pay less than $10 million a year if it were to meet its new goal of becoming carbon neutral entirely through carbon offsets – a fraction of the IT giant's $5.1 billion in profits for the last quarter.
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Taking sustainability into the classroom
10 May 2012Malik Naeem and Mark Neal summarise the findings of the first region-wide survey of sustainability in business education in the Asia-Pacific region
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Investors call for funding details as UK announces green bank legislation
09 May 2012The UK government is to introduce legislation in the coming year to establish its long-planned Green Investment Bank (GIB), but investors and environmentalists have called for clarity over how it will be funded.
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Citi analysts favour less-frequent corporate reporting
09 May 2012Abandoning quarterly reporting would help analysts better understand issues that drive longer-term company valuations, according to a slim majority of Citi equity analysts.
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DNV acquires sustainability consultancy
08 May 2012DNV has bought Two Tomorrows Group, a UK-based sustainability consultancy, for an undisclosed sum.
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Brazilian exchange seeks afforestation credit buyers, sellers
08 May 2012A new Brazilian environmental exchange has opened its doors to potential buyers and sellers of 'Forest Reserve Credits'.
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Generation leads $18.3m LED VC round
08 May 2012A company specialising in LED lighting has raised $18.3 million in a venture capital financing round led by sustainability-focused investment firm Generation Investment Management.
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Investing with attitude
08 May 2012Californian pension giant CalPERS is flexing its muscles on ESG, under head of corporate governance Anne Simpson. She talks to Felicity Carus