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Water disclosure rising, but so is the risk – Ceres
18 June 2012More US companies are disclosing information on water risk exposures following changes to filing requirements made by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2010, according to a Ceres report released today, but more needs to be done, the investor and environmental coalition says.
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PRI to explore sustainability 'value-add' for private equity
15 June 2012The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is studying how sustainability management can enhance private equity returns.
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CA Cheuvreux stays on top of Extel SRI research survey
13 June 2012Brokerage CA Cheuvreux has once more been voted best pan-European brokerage firm for sustainability research in the annual Thomson Reuters Extel survey, again pipping Bank of America into second place, while UBS climbed from fifth place to third.
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HSBC makes $100m water, sanitation donation
11 June 2012HSBC has unveiled a five-year, $100 million partnership with three NGOs to help address the "global water challenge", as the bank publishes a report assessing the future of the planet's 10 most populated river basins.
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Companies failing to manage, disclose physical climate risks – investors, NGOs
01 June 2012Companies must improve their analysis and management of the physical risks that climate change poses to their operations and supply chains – and a new tool created by advocates of enhanced disclosure aims to help them do just that.
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FTSE creates ESG service unit
31 May 2012Index provider FTSE has hired two former HSBC bankers to set up a unit to meet growing demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products and analytical tools from asset managers and pension funds.
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US, Canada, set to win CCS demonstration race
30 May 2012Companies in the US and Canada are poised to win the race to build the world's first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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Water treatment for oil, mining, gas attractive to investors
29 May 2012Investors are increasingly looking at the water treatment sector to tap expected growing demand for new water technologies, especially from the extractive industries.
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Environmentalists cautious on Brazil Forest Code veto
28 May 2012Environmental groups have given a cautious welcome to the decision by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to veto parts of a bill seeking to weaken protection of the Amazon – but warn that the country's forests remain at risk.
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EU to verify clean-tech performance claims
25 May 2012An EU-led programme to verify the performance claims of new environmental technologies could help companies break into new markets – and help investors in their due diligence.