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'Responsibility reporting is now mainstream, but still not linked to performance'
09 December 2013The majority of big companies produce Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports but only 5% are linked to financial performance, leaving them open to accusations that they are merely 'greenwash', an event to mark the launch of a new study heard.
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Quebec's first carbon auction clears at floor price on low demand
09 December 2013Carbon allowances were sold at the floor price of C$10.75 (US$10.08) in Quebec's first carbon auction, which saw demand for about a third of the permits on offer.
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Bloomberg attempts to quantify risk of 'stranded assets'
09 December 2013A tool to help investors and companies quantify the potential risk they face if fossil fuel assets become 'stranded' as a result of government action to combat climate change, has been launched by Bloomberg.
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Amyris and Total strike joint venture to scale up biofuels
06 December 2013France's biggest oil producer, Total, has formed a joint venture with Amyris that aims to help commercialise the biofuel-maker's technologies on a global scale.
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French infrastructure investor buys stake in offshore wind farm
06 December 2013A French infrastructure investor has made its first investment in offshore wind, acquiring a 7.5% stake in the German Butendiek project.
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Swedish government to buy 500,000 CERs
06 December 2013A Swedish government agency has agreed to buy 500,000 carbon credits at above-market prices from a cookstove project in Uganda.
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Subsidy confirmation fuels share hike for biomass-burning plant
06 December 2013One of Europe's largest coal-burning power plants could convert all of its units to burn biomass, in a move that would boost its operator's share price by more than 50%, after the UK government confirmed the level of subsidy support for the technology, analysts have claimed.
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Palm oil giant pledges no more deforestation
05 December 2013Wilmar International, Asia's largest agribusiness, has today adopted a policy to "only provide products that are free from deforestation links".
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Investors warn palm oil companies and financiers on climate change risks
05 December 2013A $270 billion investor coalition has called for palm oil producers and their financiers to adopt policies to ensure they do not contribute to climate change.
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8GW of projects make final stage of UK bidding round
04 December 2013A total of 16 projects with a combined generation capacity of 8GW have made it through to the final stage of the UK government's bidding round for subsidies.
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