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EU tariffs on Chinese solar imports would hit jobs – report
19 February 2013Imposing tariffs to protect solar manufacturers from cheap Chinese imports would jeopardise hundreds of thousands of EU jobs, a report has claimed.
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World Bank to boost efforts to attract private investment for forestry
19 February 2013The World Bank Group has hit back at claims that it finances industrial logging concessions, and pledged to ramp up efforts to attract more private sector capital to support sustainable forestry.
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Carbon Trust unveils water reduction certification programme
19 February 2013The UK's Carbon Trust has launched what it says is the first international certification for water reduction, with Coca-Cola Enterprises and retail giant Sainsbury's among the first four companies winning certification.
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EU ETS rescue clears first hurdle
19 February 2013Reform of the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) has cleared its first hurdle, as members of the European Parliament's environment committee voted in favour of a European Commission proposal to intervene in the market to raise the carbon price.
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Drax profits fall, but shares rise amid biomass conversion plans
19 February 2013Profits dropped at Western Europe's biggest coal-fired electricity plant as it invested in plans to convert to running mainly on biomass – but it remains confident the transformation will deliver "attractive returns to shareholders".
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Germany risks putting off renewables investors, Spain faces legal action on FiT changes
18 February 2013The German government's plans to introduce retroactive cuts for existing renewable power plants risk deterring investment in the sector, observers have warned, while Spain faces legal action by investors against recent changes to its subsidy scheme.
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US Senators table carbon tax bill
15 February 2013Two US senators have introduced legislation to establish a national carbon tax.
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IFC issues world's first $1 billion green bond
15 February 2013The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued the first $1 billion green bond, the proceeds of which will be directed to "climate-friendly" projects in developing countries.
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PRI showcases ESG integration approaches
14 February 2013The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) secretariat has published two reports to help investors better incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision making.
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ESG becoming more important to investors
14 February 2013Investors are expected to pay more attention to companies' environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance as extreme weather and social unrest become more persistent, according to a new report.
- 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'