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Regulation 'no solution' to sustainability reporting drawbacks
25 March 2010Mandatory reporting is not the right solution for shortcomings in voluntary corporate sustainability reports, experts said this week.
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Waste collection and recycling market worth €300bn – report
17 March 2010The world market for waste, from collection to recycling, is worth about €300 billion ($410 billion) a year, according to a report commissioned by environmental services firm Veolia.
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The SEC sharpens its focus
01 March 2010Recent guidance from the SEC on climate change disclosure will have far-reaching implications for how companies collect, analyse and report climate-change information, say Don Frost, Jane Kroesche and William Thomas
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30+ carbon footprint guidelines baffle companies
25 February 2010Companies are struggling to comprehend the thirty-odd number of guidelines for reporting their carbon footprints.
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Winners announced in voluntary carbon markets survey
11 February 2010US investment bank JP Morgan has won three out of eight categories in Environmental Finance's survey of the voluntary carbon markets.
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An uncertain course
01 February 2010Last year could have been so much worse in the voluntary carbon market, with trading underpinned by the prospect of climate legislation in the US, and persistent buying by committed corporate offsetters. However, the market faces an uncertain 2010. Gloria Gonzalez reports
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The end of the market (as we know it)?
01 February 2010The shape of the voluntary carbon market in the US is changing – and will change still further depending on how federal cap and trade plays out, says Lenny Hochschild
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RWE in massive CO2 mis-statement
05 December 2009German energy giant RWE overstated its own carbon dioxide emissions by 70 million tonnes – equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of Denmark – in a report this year because of a classification mistake.
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SEC guidance to ease climate change resolutions
01 November 2009Investors will now find it easier to demand climate change disclosures from US-listed companies, following a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision on 27 October.
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Aviva calls for CDP to launch 'Carbon Mitigation Project'
01 November 2009The chairman of financial services group Aviva has called for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to move from disclosure to mitigation – a proposal which was enthusiastically met by the CDP's chairman and CEO.