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  • Evolving SRI field behind US SIF name change – Woll

    22 June 2011

    The decision to change the name of the US Social Investment Forum (US SIF) to the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment reflects a broadening of the 'socially responsible investment' field, SIF president Lisa Woll told Environmental Finance.

  • The real climate change investment story

    22 June 2011

    The recent survey of global investors' response to climate change was partial and misleading, says Julian Poulter

  • Roll the dice for … ethical finance

    21 June 2011

    A new board game aims to educate players about the social and environmental impact of financial decisions.

  • The nature of the thing

    21 June 2011

    Failure to distinguish between environmental instruments and the cash-settled contracts based on them could impose crippling costs, warn Christopher Berendt and Jeremy Weinstein

  • Broadsides from the back benches

    21 June 2011

    As chairman of an influential parliamentary committee, veteran Tory MP Tim Yeo has proved an effective critic of UK climate policy. He talks electricity market reform and emissions with Mark Nicholls

  • Modest tariff cuts could keep UK solar on track – report

    21 June 2011

    The UK government has been overzealous in its cuts to solar feed-in tariffs, says a study from consultancy Ernst & Young, which argues that less severe reductions are necessary to deliver attractive returns for developers.

  • US solar PV installations soar as European markets stall

    20 June 2011

    US solar photovoltaic (PV) installations soared in the first quarter of 2011, stoking hopes the country could regain a larger share of the global market.

  • Zouk raises €230m clean-tech fund, prepares infrastructure fund

    20 June 2011

    One of Europe's biggest clean technology funds reached a final close today, with €230 million ($300 million) committed.

  • Sustainability principles boost private equity returns - IFC

    20 June 2011

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has found applying sustainability criteria improves the financial returns of private equity investments.

  • Itaú Unibanco named sustainable bank of the year

    17 June 2011

    Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco was yesterday named sustainable bank of the year, in an annual ceremony organised by the International Finance Corporation and the Financial Times.