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CDP sends out carbon questionnaires to 4,500 firms
01 March 2010More than 4,500 companies have been sent questionnaires about their greenhouse gas emissions and climate strategies this year by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). This is up from 3,700 companies questioned last year.
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Sustainability toolkit launched for forest financing
01 March 2010The World Business Council for Sustainable Development and PricewaterhouseCoopers have developed a free toolkit to help financiers in forestry projects to ensure their money is invested in operations that are sustainable and legal.
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UK introduces small-scale feed-in tariff
01 March 2010UK householders, businesses and communities which install small-scale renewables will, from April, earn a feed-in tariff. Under the Clean Energy Cashback package, small-scale generators – with capacity under 5MW – will be paid the tariff, both for electricity they use themselves and electricity exported to the grid.
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EIB to raise climate lending to €20 billion
01 March 2010The European Investment Bank hopes to lend at least €20 billion ($27 billion) to climate change initiatives this year, up from almost €17 billion in 2009.
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ADB to issue first-of-its-kind water bond
01 March 2010The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is marketing a novel bond to finance investments in the water sector in its countries of operations. Its inaugural water bond – to be sold by Daiwa Securities to Japanese retail and institutional investors – will mark the first time that the ADB has issued a bond targeted at a specific sector, and is understood to be the first bond offering fixed income investors exposure to the water sector in the region.
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The SEC sharpens its focus
01 March 2010Recent guidance from the SEC on climate change disclosure will have far-reaching implications for how companies collect, analyse and report climate-change information, say Don Frost, Jane Kroesche and William Thomas
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Shell bets big on biofuels
01 March 2010Shell has announced a planned $12 billion joint venture (JV) with Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan, to combine some of their existing Brazilian assets.
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An easier path to green-tech patents
01 March 2010Paul Craane explains how a US government programme can make it easier for clean technology entrepreneurs to secure vital patents
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Funds digest
01 March 2010Fortis eyeing new investors for $1.2bn China green fund; Hermes makes first close on UK clean-tech fund; CCC closes sustainable property fund at £69m
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Going public?
01 March 2010Could this year bring some cheer to the pinched faces of those investment bankers specialising in clean technology?