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Sydney gets clean-tech, carbon trading platform
01 October 2007A new stock exchange for clean-tech and sustainability companies has been launched in Sydney, by the Financial and Energy Exchange (FEX), a new platform that will also trade energy, carbon dioxide and environmental commodities and derivatives.
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Virgin steps back from biofuels focus
01 October 2007Richard Branson's foray into biofuels investment appears to be under pressure, after the company set up by Virgin Group to invest in 'green fuel' start-ups has been re-branded.
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VCs strike gold on European clean energy bets
01 October 2007Venture capitalists (VCs) are set to make annualised returns of 55% on investments in clean energy start-ups in Europe, according to new figures from New Energy Finance (NEF).
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Climate policies risk market distortions – Lehman
01 October 2007Cost must be placed at the centre of climate change policy if market distortion is to be avoided, said John Llewellyn, London-based senior economic policy adviser for Lehman Brothers, in a report published last month.
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Uranium mining enters FTSE4Good
01 October 2007Rio Tinto has become the first company involved in uranium mining to be included in the FTSE4Good index since restrictions were lifted over a year ago.
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CDP and Wal-Mart to target supply chain emissions
01 October 2007The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) will join with Wal-Mart to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the giant retailer's supply chain.
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OECD' report stokes fear and confusion over biofuels
01 October 2007Forests, wetlands and pastureland are being put at risk by the growing demand for biofuels, while the use of food crops to power the transport system is likely to push up food prices for at least a decade, according to a damning report prepared for the OECD.
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Weather deal to save African farmers from famine
01 October 2007Swiss Re has sold a series of weather derivative contracts to protect African farmers from poverty and famine in event of drought ruining their harvest.
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EU energy package to boost renewables – Commission
01 October 2007Renewable energy developers will benefit from proposals to simplify and make more competitive Europe's energy market, according to the European Commission.
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Real estate investor buys up conservation fund
01 October 2007MuniMae Mortgage & Equity has moved into the ecosystems services business, with the acquisition of the Sustainable Land Fund for an undisclosed sum.
- L'Oréal backs French sustainable ingredients startup
- Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 returns to New York next week
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond
- Franco-German transition plans work can inform credibility assessments, France's IFD says
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- Norway's sovereign wealth fund's Exxon paradox
- Standard Chartered, British Airways sign "global first" carbon credit deal
- SFDR and SDR both miss key sustainability distinctions, CFA says
- Net outflows accelerate for Article 9 funds