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  • People moves, late September

    01 October 2013

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at J. Safra Sarasin, Standard Life Investments, Allianz Global Investors, F&C Investments, Carbon Capture and Storage Association and more

  • Camco posts H1 loss but is optimistic for future

    30 September 2013

    Camco Clean Energy posted a pre-tax loss of €2.7 million for the first half of this year, compared with a profit of €658,000 in the same period last year.

  • Duke adds 400MW of wind capacity in Texas

    30 September 2013

    US power generator Duke Energy is to build two 200MW wind farms in Texas, taking its total wind generation capacity to more than 2GW.

  • UK GIB-backed fund in £11m biomass deal

    30 September 2013

    A fund backed by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has "secured the long-term future" of a waste wood-burning biomass plant with an £11 million investment.

  • Sarasin hires sustainable investment research head after staff exodus to rival

    27 September 2013

    Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin has made new appointments to its sustainable investment team after losing more than 40 of its employees to a rival.

  • Vestas and Mitsubishi form offshore wind joint venture

    27 September 2013

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will inject up to €300 million ($406 million) into a joint venture with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, which aims to establish a strong position in the offshore market.

  • US asset manager to buy four more Conergy subsidiaries

    26 September 2013

    Kawa Capital Management will buy a further four units in German solar pioneer Conergy, which has called in administrators, it announced today.

  • Bakhshi is new head of F&C's sustainability team

    25 September 2013

    F&C Investments has promoted Vicki Bakhshi to lead its governance and sustainable investment team.

  • Camco project generates some of California's first carbon offsets

    25 September 2013

    A carbon project developed by Camco Clean Energy will shortly be issued with some of the first offsets eligible in California's cap-and-trade system.

  • Stern backs new climate change economics study ahead of Paris 2015

    24 September 2013

    Businesses and government leaders have launched a project to analyse impacts of climate change on the economy, backed by leading economist Nicholas Stern.