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Carbon trader launches environmental services arm
23 April 2013One of the carbon market's leading investors has launched a new business, aimed at companies that wish to measure and report their emissions, water and energy use.
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Clean energy investment seen trebling by 2030
23 April 2013Annual investment in clean energy is set to treble to $630 billion by 2030, under the most likely scenario set out in the latest Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) modelling.
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Second time lucky for MLP renewables bill?
23 April 2013A bipartisan group of US senators will reintroduce a bill to allow renewable energy to be financed using master limited partnerships (MLPs).
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ABB in $1bn swoop on solar inverter maker
22 April 2013Swiss engineering company ABB has launched a $1 billion bid to buy solar inverter maker Power-One, saying now is the right time to invest in the "most attractive part of the solar power value chain".
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IFC to issue $1bn/year in green bonds
22 April 2013The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to issue at least $1 billion a year in green bonds, following its successful $1 billion issue earlier this year.
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Phaunos Timber Fund blames tough markets for widening losses
22 April 2013Phaunos Timber Fund – an investment company focusing on sustainable timber – saw its losses widen in 2012 after cutting the valuation of parts of its portfolio amid challenging market conditions.
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Samsung admits sourcing tin from 'devastated' island
22 April 2013Electronics giant Samsung has won NGO plaudits for admitting that tin used in some of its products originates from an area where mining has been accused of destroying tropical forests, killing coral and damaging local communities.
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Senators revive bid for US energy efficiency law
19 April 2013Efforts to legislate an energy efficiency bill in the US have been renewed by two senators, who have launched a watered down version of a proposal introduced last year to attract wider Republican support.
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Stern: Climate action could see oil and gas companies' valuations drop 60%
19 April 2013The valuations of mining and oil and gas companies need to be rethought to account for the threat action on climate change poses to their business models, said Nick Stern yesterday.
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Mandatory ESG reporting to stock exchanges to take 'at least four years'
18 April 2013It is likely to be at least another four years before major stock exchanges make reporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues mandatory for companies, an analysis firm has claimed.
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'