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Prime Capital launches €600m renewables investment company
11 June 2012German asset manager Prime Capital is hoping to raise €600 million ($750 million) of debt to invest into renewable energy projects in Europe through its new renewables unit.
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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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Cities await climate finance from development banks
08 June 2012Cities are still largely financing climate change initiatives from their own funds, according to a report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), with multilateral development banks providing less than 1% of funds.
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Digging out demand
08 June 2012After a tough winter for weather risk dealers, the market is looking to new sources of demand for weather hedges. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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First international standard on biodiversity offsets launched
08 June 2012The Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) has published what it says is the first international standard on biodiversity offsets.
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EDITORIAL: Leading from behind
08 June 2012It's of no surprise in climate policy circles that dealing with greenhouse gas emissions has taken a back seat to somewhat more pressing economic concerns.
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The next good derivative?
08 June 2012While putting a price on water is not a magic bullet for heading off the planet's looming water crisis, applying market principles can help us better allocate this most valuable resource. Richard Sandor and Murali Kanakasabai explain
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Time to deliver
07 June 2012Rio+20 offers a unique chance to move the corporate sustainability agenda to global scale, says Georg Kell – but both government and business need to deliver
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Stepping up sustainability
07 June 2012Rio+20 was never designed to deliver an overarching sustainable development treaty – but do the competing demands for more modest outcomes risk disappointing everyone? Christopher Cundy reports
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A mandate from Rio?
07 June 2012Sustainability reporting has come a long way over the past two decades – but could Rio+20 see it become mandatory? Wim Bartels considers the implications