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Playing the long game
01 April 2010Competition among exchanges for a slice of the carbon trading pie remains fierce, despite pessimism about market growth. Christopher Cundy reports
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Trading on sustainability
01 April 2010Growing attention is focusing on the role that exchanges play in the sustainable investment value chain. Dan Siddy looks at the initiatives taken so far – and what more needs to be done
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Why investors should look for carbon assurance
01 April 2010Large listed companies are not providing sufficiently credible carbon data. Investors should look at assurance more closely, say Esther Rodriguez and Elizabeth Mattiuzzi
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The Wall Street revolutionary
01 April 2010Jeff McDermott used to run investment banking at UBS – but now he's turning his 25 years of deal-making experience to the clean technology sector. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez
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Passage to India
01 April 2010India's emerging energy efficiency markets present enormous opportunities for investors, say Sanjay Dube, Amit Khare and Bishal Thapa. They consider how firms should be positioning themselves
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The Russians are coming
01 April 2010Ilya Golubovich of I2BF talks to Mark Nicholls about plans for a cleantech 'vulture fund' and why there's money in water
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EU emissions data shows 11% drop in 2009
01 April 2010Analysis of the data for 2009 from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) suggests that EU emissions fell by 11% last year compared with 2008, in line with expectations and prompting a small burst of buying as speculators, who had sold EU allowances (EUAs) in betting on a bigger drop, moved to cover short positions.
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Investors pass their judgement on Copenhagen
01 April 2010The climate change investment theme has underperformed since the Copenhagen climate talks, according to HSBC – giving the lie to commentators who suggested the dismal outcome of the negotiations would have little impact on low-carbon investment.
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Substantial inflows seen for clean-tech VC in 2010
01 April 2010A number of large private equity investors are poised to make major commitments to the clean technology sector this year, according to a leading advisor to the sector.
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Wall St wanted for novel environmental bonds
01 April 2010An innovative municipal bond programme offers a promising means of funding energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, but private sector dollars will be needed to meet expectations of explosive growth in the market.