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New water trading fund up and running
04 December 2012A pioneering new fund focusing exclusively on Australia's traded water market is already allocating capital and has seen strong interest from overseas investors, according to its fund manager.
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Sustainable banks outperform the world's biggest lenders
04 December 2012Sustainable banks have generated greater returns and lent a greater proportion of their capital to businesses than the world's biggest banks over the past decade, according to a report.
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Biggest photovoltaic project in Africa seeks finance
04 December 2012A UK renewables developer has unveiled plans to build Africa's biggest photovoltaic (PV) solar project in a move it believes has the potential to trigger a clean energy revolution in the region.
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Industrial water market to grow by $80bn by 2017
29 November 2012The $35 billion a year global industrial water market is set to grow by a further $80 billion over the next five years, according to HSBC.
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Wheb achieves first major exit
29 November 2012Wheb Partners, a clean-tech focused private equity firm, has made its first major exit.
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Impax earnings fall, but new food and agriculture fund will launch next month
29 November 2012Impax Asset Management suffered a 26% fall in operating earnings but said it is poised to benefit from an increase in renewables and the launch of its first fund to invest in food and agriculture.
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UKSIF begins search for new Shepherd
28 November 2012The chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) is to step down next year, after a total of 12 years at the head of the trade body.
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China Development Bank lends 30bn Yuan for wind projects
27 November 2012The China Development Bank (CDB) is to extend 30 billion Yuan ($4.8 billion) of finance to China Guangdong Nuclear (CGN) to fund its wind energy activities domestically and abroad.
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Water trading could improve Europe's water quality – EEA
26 November 2012Economic instruments, such as water trading, could help reduce pollution and overconsumption of water supplies in Europe, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Governments must take on CCS risk, warn insurers
23 November 2012Insurers have warned they will be unable to fully underwrite carbon capture and storage (CCS) programmes in the EU, and governments will have to accept some of the risks.