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  • Latin America readies for clean energy rush, despite lack of subsidies

    07 April 2011

    The clean energy sector in Latin America is poised to take off, even without the benefit of the major government subsidies enjoyed in North America and Europe, according to regional experts.

  • 'Small delay' for Indian energy efficiency trading scheme

    07 April 2011

    India's flagship energy efficiency scheme, set for a 1 April launch, has been delayed, as energy intensity targets for the 462 participating industrial entities have yet to be finalised.

  • DEG's 'water filter' to strain investor risk

    07 April 2011

    German development bank DEG has developed a tool to help investors assess the water risk in individual investments and at the portfolio level.

  • Fukushima disaster: Japan's emissions targets 'under review'

    07 April 2011

    Japan's 2020 emissions target is under question as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese officials have conceded.

  • US surges, Asia wanes as Q1 clean-tech investment reaches $2.6 billion

    07 April 2011

    Global clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment surged 52% to $2.57 billion in the first quarter, buoyed by high value, late-stage deals and strong performance among North American companies, according to analysis by California-based research firm the Cleantech Group. However, the number of transactions in the quarter dropped.

  • Sustainability edges towards the MBA core

    07 April 2011

    Change is in the air at many business schools, says Elisabeth Jeffries, with a growing number incorporating sustainability and corporate responsibility issues into the heart of their MBA courses

  • Splitting from the atom?

    07 April 2011

    Solar and wind stocks surged as the nuclear crisis in Japan began to unfold, reports Jess McCabe. Is it a temporary blip – or the recovery that investors have been waiting for?

  • Pension funds increase investments in wind farms

    07 April 2011

    PensionDanmark, a pension fund with around €14 billion ($20 billion) under management, has made its second investment in offshore wind farms and is planning more.

  • Corporates say clean-tech investment is good for revenue

    07 April 2011

    Almost three-quarters of corporations surveyed by consultancy Ernst & Young plan to increase or significantly increase clean-tech budgets between 2012 and 2014, reflecting a growing view that such spending can improve corporate revenues.

  • Putting private equity to work

    06 April 2011

    Despite her US base, the first bets the head of private equity investments at Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisers is making are in China. Gisele Everett talks clean technology and policy with Gloria Gonzalez