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What's in your portfolio?
01 May 2007US investors are beginning to wake up to the climate risks that may be lurking in their portfolios – and are calling on Congress to introduce some certainty on climate into the investment environment, says Mindy Lubber
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Looking east
01 May 2007Rabo India's Rajesh Srivastava is enthusiastic about the opportunities in renewable energy – and has a sustainable banking message for the region
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A focus on focus
01 May 2007European clean technology venture investors would better serve entrepreneurs – and their limited partners – if they specialised more, argues Mark Cropper
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A breakthrough in Europe's markets?
01 May 2007European utilities are beginning to catch up with their US peers when it comes to managing weather risk, says Jens Boening. And, given this year's mild winter, those who have hedged will have done well
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A new chapter in accountancy standards
01 April 2007New accounting rules in North America and Europe will lead to a revolutionary expansion in environmental disclosure. Paul Watchman and Angela Delfino explain
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Stretch targets
01 April 2007German Chancellor Angela Merkel is fast cementing her position as Europe's greenest leader. At the EU's Spring Summit last month, she surprised many observers by securing a legally-binding commitment for the bloc to hit a 20% renewable energy target by 2020.
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Dipping their toes in
01 April 2007Some see carbon as merely the first of a whole range of markets for ecosystem services. But, as Sissel Waage and Emma Stewart found, the corporate world is approaching with caution
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Managing the mosaic
01 April 2007US environmental commodity markets are growing, but are fragmented, and likely to remain so in the near term. Success will require coming to terms with their complexity, argue Bob Shults and Reiner Musier
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Time for a new energy paradigm
01 April 2007Martijn Wilder and James Cameron argue that, for renewable energy to play its full part in the battle against climate change, new ways of thinking about energy supply are required – supported by new approaches to policy
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No time to wait
01 April 2007Attempts to forge a post-2012 climate agreement are grinding on – but rich countries must not wait to put the foundations of an agreement in place, argues Brice Lalonde
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- Azerbaijan, IFC sustainable taxonomy 'roadmap' to launch at COP29
- COP16: TNFD launches transition guidance
- AI data company Auquan raises $4.5m with aim to automate ESG reporting
- TNFD consults on public 'data facility' in nature data strategy paper
- COP16: Countries clash over Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
- Webinar: Vague definition of greenwashing deters 'transition' finance
- BII commits $150m to African bank Absa
- Finding alpha: looking at alternative ESG data related to human capital
- Financial institutions say Canada anti-greenwashing rule has reduced access to ESG data