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Irish business school launches graduate course in sustainable finance
23 August 2011Dublin City University Business School is launching a postgraduate course in sustainable finance next month.
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Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder backs enviro-finance boutique
23 August 2011An investment firm set up by the co-founder of FTSE100 financial advisor Hargreaves Lansdown has taken a strategic stake in Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL).
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Clean energy award offers $3m for SMEs and NGOs
19 August 2011The Zayed Future Energy Prize – the world's largest award for renewable and sustainable energy – will give $3 million to small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) and NGOs in the 2012 competition.
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Wind power 'cheaper than gas' in Brazil
19 August 2011Generating power from the wind in Brazil is less costly than using natural gas or hydro, according to the results of a government tender to supply electricity this week.
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Brazil forestry fund eyes $350m
18 August 2011A Brazilian firm is launching a fund that aims to help meet the booming demand for timber while delivering high returns for institutional investors.
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Smucker's climate risk vote is just the starter
18 August 2011A shareholder resolution filed against JM Smucker could pave the way for other companies in the food and agricultural sector to disclose climate-related physical risks to their supply chains.
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Dutch weather risk cover for builders extended to UK
18 August 2011UK building companies are being offered weather derivatives to cover financial losses in the event of cold or wet weather delaying construction projects.
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Corporate giants back WRI water project
18 August 2011Goldman Sachs, Dow Chemical and Coca-Cola are among a consortium of large US companies backing a World Resources Institute (WRI) initiative to help companies manage their water requirements and reduce the risk to their business of drought and flooding.
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Plastic Disclosure Project to launch next month
17 August 2011An initiative designed to encourage companies to report on their plastics use and recycling is due to go live next month, with the completion of an online form allowing respondents to submit information on governance, strategy, and risks and opportunities around plastics use.
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Cat risk markets could cover oil spills
17 August 2011As Shell battles the UK's worst oil spill for 10 years, one company is proposing that oil companies manage their spill risks by transferring them to capital markets, via catastrophe (cat) bonds.
- US regulator approves voluntary carbon credit guidance
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
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- Green bond reporting requirements are 'crazy'
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
- RIAA launches nature toolkit for investors
- Three-quarters of Article 8 funds potentially violate ESMA fund names rules, Bloomberg finds
- IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond