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The SEC sharpens its focus
01 March 2010Recent guidance from the SEC on climate change disclosure will have far-reaching implications for how companies collect, analyse and report climate-change information, say Don Frost, Jane Kroesche and William Thomas
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Shell bets big on biofuels
01 March 2010Shell has announced a planned $12 billion joint venture (JV) with Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan, to combine some of their existing Brazilian assets.
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An easier path to green-tech patents
01 March 2010Paul Craane explains how a US government programme can make it easier for clean technology entrepreneurs to secure vital patents
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Funds digest
01 March 2010Fortis eyeing new investors for $1.2bn China green fund; Hermes makes first close on UK clean-tech fund; CCC closes sustainable property fund at £69m
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Going public?
01 March 2010Could this year bring some cheer to the pinched faces of those investment bankers specialising in clean technology?
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People moves
01 March 2010Two months after the disappointing UN climate talks in Copenhagen, YVO DE BOER is to leave his post as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. De Boer will quit in July, two months ahead of his contract expiring, to join accountants KPMG as an advisor on climate and sustainability.
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30+ carbon footprint guidelines baffle companies
25 February 2010Companies are struggling to comprehend the thirty-odd number of guidelines for reporting their carbon footprints.
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Recession cuts RWE emissions by 13%
25 February 2010Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from RWE dropped 13% last year, owing to a sizeable fall in electricity generation in Germany and the UK.
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Europe on course to meet 2020 renewables targets – EWEA
18 February 2010The EU is on course to slightly exceed its target of sourcing 20% of its energy from renewables by 2020, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
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CCC closes sustainable property fund at £69m
11 February 2010Climate Change Capital (CCC), a low-carbon asset manager and adviser, closed its UK sustainable property fund this week at almost £69 million ($108 million).