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Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close
10 January 2014Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.
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Investors buy stake in clean cookstove company
10 January 2014A carbon project developer that focuses on the distribution of fuel-efficient cookstoves in Africa has attracted new investors.
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A watershed year
10 January 2014It has been a landmark year for the fledgling green bond market, which was buoyed by unprecedented growth in 2013. But can it continue, asks Peter Cripps
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Leading the pack
09 January 2014PensionDanmark has invested heavily in renewable energy – a step the majority of its peers have not taken. Its CEO Torben Möger Pedersen tells Elza Holmstedt Pell how renewables have become a 'mainstream' investment for the pension fund
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ICE loses carbon trading market share to EEX in 2013
09 January 2014EEX's emissions trading volumes continued to grow in 2013, as it won market share from the dominant carbon exchange ICE Futures Europe.
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An agenda for emerging markets
09 January 2014The strong economic growth of emerging markets makes them alluring to investors, but they also present a unique set of challenges. Rory Sullivan explores the frontiers of responsible investment
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Sustainability fund breaks through €400m barrier
09 January 2014A sustainability fund run by a German family office has seen its firepower pass the €400 million ($544.1 million) mark.
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Swiss utility buys stake in German offshore wind project
09 January 2014A Swiss utility has acquired a stake in the planned Butendiek offshore wind farm from its developer.
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Backloading to drive '15% global carbon market growth in 2014'
08 January 2014The value of the global carbon markets will rise this year for the first time since 2011 as a result of an agreement to boost the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), analysts have forecast.
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Japanese trading firm buys 90% stake in US wind project
08 January 2014One of Japan's largest trading houses has acquired a 90% stake in a wind farm developed by EDF Renewable Energy.