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  • Sustainable Development plans $200m UK-China fund

    04 December 2013

    UK-based investment and advisory company Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) is planning a $200 million fund to promote energy efficiency in both China and the UK.

  • Sustainable Development Capital named preferred bidder for energy efficiency fund

    02 December 2013

    Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) has been selected by the Irish government as the 'preferred applicant' to create a €70 million ($95 million) Irish Energy Efficiency Fund.

  • Rio+20 prompts rethink of management education

    29 October 2013

    A new initiative will help business schools address sustainable development in their management programmes, explains John North.

  • UK GIB-backed fund in £11m biomass deal

    30 September 2013

    A fund backed by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has "secured the long-term future" of a waste wood-burning biomass plant with an £11 million investment.

  • Sarasin hires sustainable investment research head after staff exodus to rival

    27 September 2013

    Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin has made new appointments to its sustainable investment team after losing more than 40 of its employees to a rival.

  • Investors struggle to compare non-financial reporting, survey finds

    23 August 2013

    Investors are struggling to compare the "inadequate" non-financial information released by European companies, a survey has found.

  • Sustainability heavyweight - Q&A with Paul Polman

    13 August 2013

    With its ambitious targets to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, waste and water use, Unilever is widely seen as a sustainability champion. Its CEO Paul Polman tells Peter Cripps how its efforts to tackle environmental problems have helped drive its growth.

  • NYSE joins Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

    26 July 2013

    NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, marking "a significant step forward" for the programme.

  • Investors demand review into climate change and resource depletion

    16 July 2013

    An alliance of investors has demanded the launch of an inquiry into why the UK Treasury scrapped plans for a review of the impact of resource depletion and climate change on growth prospects.

  • People moves, June

    28 June 2013

    The latest environmental markets appointments at the Green Climate Fund, International Finance Corporation, Sarasin Bank, Roth Capital Partners, UNEP Finance Initiative, and more.