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ESG investor initiatives to merge
01 November 2008The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to amalgamate with the Enhanced Analytics Initiative, opening up the latter's research on 'extra-financial issues' to a wider audience.
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FTSE, KLD join forces
01 November 2008Two leading sustainability index providers – the FTSE Group and KLD Indexes – have entered into a strategic partnership which will include a rebranding exercise early next year. With the exception of the FTSE4Good index family, all the FTSE and KLD indexes in the sustainability space will be relaunched early in 2009 under the 'FTSE KLD' banner.
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MEPs warn of risk to EU climate package
01 November 2008The Council of Ministers could gut the EU's climate and energy package in its attempt to head off opposition from some member states, leading members of the European Parliament warn.
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Seeking academic success in sustainability
01 October 2008Alex Roberts and Jennifer Johnson summarise the findings of a recent study into the strategies that lead to success for academic sustainability centres
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A changing landscape
01 October 2008As multinational corporations and the finance sector increasingly confront the world's environmental challenges, the skillsets they require of their senior executives are changing, says Marc Sanglé-Ferrière
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Looking out for the ratepayers
01 October 2008Cameron Prell considers how carbon constraints in US power markets are likely to be paid for
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Clean air jump-start
01 October 2008As the US political system finally gears up to address greenhouse gas emissions, Michael Northrop and David Sassoon argue that the basis for swift federal action is already in place: the Clean Air Act
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The rise of the sovereigns.
01 October 2008Could the growing influence of sovereign wealth funds increasingly be felt in environmental markets? Jeremy Lovell reports
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The next chapter
01 October 2008Reto Ringger, founder and chief executive of SAM Group, is stepping down after 13 years at the helm. He talks to Mark Nicholls about building a pioneer of sustainability investing – and his next steps
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When it comes to the crunch…
01 October 2008With financial markets reeling, and the global economy spluttering, fears are growing over the outlook for the environmental technology sector. But, argues Ian Simm, even a worldwide slump is unlikely to completely reverse its fortunes