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'Alarm bells need to ring' on Europe's slow CCS progress – EC energy head
28 February 2013The slow development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in Europe should cause "alarm bells to ring", as the region's dependence on fossil fuels is growing, the European Commission's head of energy has said.
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Creating a competitive advantage
26 February 2013When it comes to managing environmental, social and governance issues, the private equity industry is moving from 'why?' to 'how?', say Tom Murray and Lee Coker
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Biofuels fraudster sentenced to 12 years
26 February 2013The man at the centre of a $9 million fraud involving US biofuel credits has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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The resource efficiency opportunity
26 February 2013Markets linked to resource efficiency are set to deliver strong growth and, if approached correctly, investment outperformance, says Ian Simm
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Emerging markets sustainability index launched
22 February 2013A sustainability index tracking the performance of companies in emerging markets has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) family.
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IBM, Public Storage, bow to environmental pressure from investors
21 February 2013IT giant IBM and real estate firm Public Storage have agreed to increase reporting on their energy performance, reaching agreement with investors who had filed shareholder resolutions against their boards.
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A natural capital roadmap
21 February 2013Building on momentum created at the 'Rio+20' Earth Summit, 41 leaders in the financial sector are moving to mainstream natural capital integration in financial products and corporate accounting and reporting. Ivo Mulder, Andrew Mitchell and Peter Cruickshank explain
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Breckinridge wins 'B Corporation' status
20 February 2013Breckinridge Capital Advisors, a Boston‐based fixed income manager, has been awarded B Corporation certification, recognising its higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
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Water investment: turning on the taps
19 February 2013With the bill for providing water for a growing population set to rocket, how can the flow of finance into infrastructure schemes be unleashed? Genevieve Bennett reports.
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World Bank to boost efforts to attract private investment for forestry
19 February 2013The World Bank Group has hit back at claims that it finances industrial logging concessions, and pledged to ramp up efforts to attract more private sector capital to support sustainable forestry.