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Sustainability delivers decade of success for Generation
30 December 2014Integrating sustainability into investment decisions can give a boost to returns, David Blood, of Generation Investment Management, tells Graham Cooper
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Californian pension funds are wary of coal divestment legislation
24 December 2014Two major pension funds have reacted warily to reports that Kevin de Leon, Californian senate leader, plans to introduce legislation that would require them to sell their holdings in coal companies.
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Quotes of the quarter
23 December 2014As the calendar year wraps up, Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the last quarter.
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Alstom shareholders approve $13.5bn takeover by GE
22 December 2014Shareholders of French industrial giant Alstom have approved the sale of the firm's energy businesses to General Electric (GE) of the US for $13.5 billion.
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Study forecasts explosive growth for second generation biofuels
22 December 2014Production of 'second generation' biofuels – made from non-food crops or waste biomass – is expected to grow by more than 49% a year until 2020, to reach a market of $23.9 billion in 2020, according to a new report.
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China formally announces ETS
18 December 2014China's national carbon market took a step closer to becoming a reality after the government released some details of how it would be run.
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Analysts predict further strong gains for EU carbon prices in 2015
18 December 2014Carbon market analysts expect the price of EU allowances (EUAs) to rise by a further 40% in 2015 after a rise of more than 30% this year, despite some bearish fundamental factors.
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COP Blog: The role of the Green Climate Fund in providing the missing 'Clean Trillion'
17 December 2014Lima had been touted as the climate finance COP - and in many ways it was.
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What does 'the Lima call to climate action' mean for investors?
16 December 2014The UN climate negotiations in Lima ended with a 'call to climate action' but, for many, the meagre progress was disappointing, reports Katie Kouchakji
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More investors join campaign to boost green bond market
16 December 2014Five more institutional investors, with combined assets under management of around $200 billion, have backed a campaign to expand the green bond market.