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Water investment a 'no-brainer' – fund manager
22 April 2010Investors are just scratching the surface of potential opportunities in the water sector, according to an asset manager that has launched a fund in the sector.
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Wheb tops £100m for clean-tech fund
22 April 2010Private equity firm Wheb Ventures has raised £100.3 million ($153 million) into its second clean technology fund at the fourth close, after receiving investment from a UK government-backed fund.
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Vodafone tops sustainability reporting poll
22 April 2010Vodafone Group has won the 'best report' category in this year's CR Reporting Awards for the third year in a row. The telecoms company, a staple of sustainable equity indexes, polled around 100 votes more than the runner-up, BP.
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IFC launches $200m green bond
16 April 2010The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has become the latest development bank to issue a 'green bond'.
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BP shareholders back oil sands investment
15 April 2010BP today defeated a shareholder resolution challenging its involvement in exploiting Canadian oil sands.
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Bonn climate talks highlight rifts widened since Copenhagen (from Carbon Finance)
15 April 2010The first meeting since the Copenhagen climate summit highlighted how far apart parties have moved since the December talks drew to a bitter close, offering little succour to the carbon market.
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China to delay energy stimulus plan
15 April 2010China's new energy stimulus plan – expected to include additional policy support for renewable energy development – has been delayed indefinitely, according to a high-ranking government official.
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Loan guarantees fall flat for US wind
15 April 2010The US Department of Energy's (DOE) loan guarantee programme is not seen as a viable financing mechanism for many wind projects, in stark contrast to the agency's grant programme for renewable energy technologies, experts said.
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Slow start for cat bond market in 2010
15 April 2010A relatively slow start to catastrophe (cat) bond issuances this year should not be interpreted as weakness in the market, according to reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter.
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US renewables grants see debt replace equity
15 April 2010The US renewable energy grant programme has driven a shift in the number of wind developers using debt financing rather than tax equity to fund their projects, financing experts have said.