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Most US insurers lack climate change strategy - Ceres
08 March 2013The vast majority of US insurers have failed to demonstrate that they have devised climate change strategies, a survey has revealed.
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Bigger-than-expected SolarCity loss fails to worry analyst
08 March 2013Investors should not be deterred by SolarCity's unexpectedly big quarterly loss, because the company is in a strong position compared with its competitors and is reducing its cost of capital, an analyst has said.
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Pooled investment vehicles could boost renewables - CPI
08 March 2013The creation of large, publicly traded, pooled investment vehicles is among the measures that could encourage pension funds and insurers to ramp up allocations to renewables, a new report claims.
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Investors should look to low-carbon projects, says IFC Treasurer
07 March 2013Investors in green bonds could get better risk-adjusted returns by investing directly in underlying low-carbon projects, according to the treasurer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
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EFET launches standard contract for wood pellet trade
07 March 2013A standard contract for wood pellets has been launched in Europe in a move to establish a traded market, but traders say demand is currently too low for activity to rise substantially.
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AB InBev environmental efforts yield $500m
07 March 2013Anheuser-Busch InBev generated additional revenues of $420 million from recycling waste streams and saved $92 million from more efficient energy and water use since 2009, the brewing giant has claimed.
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Veteran environmental broker launches carbon, REC company
06 March 2013A veteran of a leading environmental markets brokerage has struck out on his own to establish a financial services company focusing on renewable energy credits (RECs) and US carbon markets.
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Coal leaves renewables behind in energy race - WEF
06 March 2013Coal has grown 10 times more quickly than renewables since the beginning of the millennium in terms of energy generation, according to a new report, which predicts further strong growth of fossil fuels.
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Obama confirms McCarthy as EPA nominee
06 March 2013US president Barack Obama has confirmed that he is nominating Gina McCarthy to head the country's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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EU lays groundwork for tariffs on Chinese solar firms
06 March 2013The European Commission has started to register imports of Chinese solar products – the latest move in a trade spat that could see Chinese manufacturers being hit with retroactive penalties.
- 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
- EU proposal to bring sustainable finance rules into single regulation risks 'chaos'
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- 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'