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EU report supports mandatory biofuel targets
01 October 2006Mandatory targets must replace the current indicative goals if biofuels are to account for a larger share of the EU energy market, according to a report published by the European Commission.
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FTSE4Good and DJSI review index components
01 October 2006Two socially responsible investment (SRI) index families, FTSE4Good and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), have implemented the latest annual reviews of the companies they track.
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Chemical industry sets out sustainability plan
01 October 2006The European chemicals industry has developed a 20-year strategy to focus R&D spending on improving the sustainability of the sector.
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Market seen beating US renewable fuels standard
01 October 2006The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set out its plans for a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), with credit trading, to increase the proportion of biofuels used in the US. However, analysts say market forces will create more demand than the RFS mandates.
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People moves this month
01 October 2006The Social Investment Forum, the US trade association for socially responsible investing, has appointed its first ever chief executive officer, LISA WOLL.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- BTG Pactual TIG announces long-term tie-up with Facebook parent Meta
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- RIAA launches nature toolkit for investors
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
- Three-quarters of Article 8 funds potentially violate ESMA fund names rules, Bloomberg finds
- IFC issues second 'blue'-focused green bond