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Towers Watson adds to sustainable investment team
11 February 2010Investment consultant Towers Watson has bolstered its sustainable investment team with the hire of Emma Hunt from Mercer Investment Consulting.
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Winners announced in voluntary carbon markets survey
11 February 2010US investment bank JP Morgan has won three out of eight categories in Environmental Finance's survey of the voluntary carbon markets.
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February issue of Carbon Finance out now
11 February 2010The February issue of Carbon Finance is now available, including a look at the prospects for the global carbon market in 2010.
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Obama ups renewables funding, cuts fossil subsidies
04 February 2010Clean energy was a winner in US President Barack Obama's proposed budget, with major funding increases despite his pledge to control spending.
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Analysts applaud Shell's Cosan biofuels bet
04 February 2010Investment analysts have responded positively to Shell's planned $12 billion joint venture (JV) with Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan, predicting it could help push Brazilian ethanol into world markets.
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Infrastructure investors needed to meet renewables targets
04 February 2010Pension funds and insurance companies must raise their investments in clean energy infrastructure if the EU is going to have a chance of meeting its targets for renewable energy capacity and carbon reduction, a panel of investors said this week.
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EU to fund carbon capture with 300m emissions allowances
04 February 2010EU member states have agreed to distribute 300 million carbon allowances from the bloc's emissions trading scheme (ETS) to fund renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects from 2013.
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Review finds mixed progress on Climate Principles
04 February 2010The five financial institutions which founded the Climate Principles have further to go in integrating climate analysis into their operations, according to an independent review of their progress.
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Hopes build for US Green Bank
04 February 2010A proposed 'Green Bank' to help finance renewable energy projects in the US may get a boost from an unexpected source: a series of jobs bills aimed at lowering the nation's stubbornly high unemployment rate.
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UK introduces feed-in tariff for small-scale renewables
04 February 2010UK householders, businesses and communities which install small-scale renewables will, from April, earn a feed-in tariff.