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Investors managing €65trn back EU non-financial reporting proposals
19 June 2013A coalition of organisations representing more than 700 institutional investors and other financial firms say they "strongly support" a European Commission proposal to force large companies to include material non-financial information in their annual reports.
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MidAmerican plans $700m solar bond
14 June 2013Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy is planning to issue a $700 million bond to help finance its 579MW solar photovoltaic project in California, according to rating agencies.
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Santander named Global Sustainable Bank at FT/IFC awards
14 June 2013Santander has been named Global Sustainable Bank of the year at the Financial Times/International Finance Corporation Sustainable Finance Awards.
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Reporting: the next generation
13 June 2013The Global Reporting Initiative has launched the fourth generation of its sustainability reporting guidelines. What will be the impact on companies and investors, asks Jennifer Iansen-Rogers.
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UK announces second funding round for low-carbon entrepreneurs
13 June 2013The UK government has called for developers of low-carbon products to apply for financing from its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.
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Solar standardisation platform raises $2m
13 June 2013A company that assesses the credit-worthiness of non-utility scale solar projects has raised $2 million to help it scale up to meet growing demand from investors.
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First Solar aims to raise $500m in share sale
12 June 2013First Solar plans to sell at least 8.5 million shares to the public, in an offer that could see it raise around $500 million.
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Cheuvreux retains sustainability title in Extel survey
12 June 2013Kepler Cheuvreux has been voted best pan-European brokerage firm for sustainability research in the annual Thomson Reuters Extel survey.
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Wells Fargo's 'green financing' surges in 2012
12 June 2013US bank Wells Fargo more than doubled its environmental loans and investments last year, and claims to be on track to meet its goal of providing $30 billion of "green" finance between 2012 and 2020.
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EBRD launches resource efficiency financing initiative
06 June 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has unveiled plans for an initiative to finance water and materials efficiency projects.