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RWE's Dawson elected as IETA chairman
07 December 2015The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has elected Paul Dawson, head of regulatory affairs at RWE Supply and Trading, as chairman of the board.
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Multi-national corporates call for UN talks to facilitate carbon markets
19 October 2015A group of 14 leading industrial companies have called on negotiators at the UN climate change talks in Paris in December to deliver an agreement that facilitates international carbon markets.
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Pepsi, RBC and Cisco out of DJSI as sustainability issues become 'more mainstream'
11 September 2015Pepsi, Royal Bank of Canada and Cisco Systems have been kicked out of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), making way for Bank of America, Telefonica and BHP Billiton.
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Stranded assets and bankruptcy threaten US coal miners, says S&P
01 September 2015Environmental regulations and supply-demand imbalances threaten to force more US coal mining firms into bankruptcy, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
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Two Grosvenor funds ditch fossil fuels
02 February 2015Two socially responsible investment (SRI) funds run by New Zealand state-owned Grosvenor Financial Services Group have divested from fossil fuels.
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Lima meeting sees several attempts to clarify role of forest carbon credits
03 December 2014Several reports are being launched at the current UN climate change conference in Lima, Peru, which aim to explain the complex situation regarding the REDD+ mechanism for issuing carbon credits to projects that conserve forests.
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Wave energy firm Pelamis sinks into administration
24 November 2014Pelamis Wave Power has been placed into administration, marking "a big setback in the mission to learn how to harvest energy from the sea".
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Investors urged to engage with coal companies on stranded asset risk
22 September 2014Institutional investors should engage with coal companies to ensure they maximise value, either by redeploying capital away from high-cost projects or by returning cash to shareholders, said Anthony Hobley, CEO of the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).
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DONG's Benj Sykes to co-chair UK wind forum
22 April 2014Benj Sykes of DONG Energy Wind Power is to co-chair the UK Government's Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC).
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Stranded assets: big four UK miners could see $20bn hit to coal assets - HSBC
21 January 2014The big four UK-listed miners could see more than $20 billion wiped from the value of their coal assets in a low-carbon scenario, analysts at HSBC have calculated.