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Rio+20 should refine integrated reporting proposal – investors
07 March 2012Investors have welcomed a proposal to make companies report on their environmental and social impacts, to be discussed at the Rio+20 sustainable development summit in June, but say it could be improved in several ways.
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Private equity fundraising at risk over ESG 'expectations gap'
07 March 2012Private equity firms that fail to develop and communicate environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies are likely to find it increasingly hard to raise funds from investors, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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EDITORIAL: Sending the debt mountain up in smoke
06 March 2012Governments may not have the stomach to make the environmental argument for carbon pricing, but they should look at the fiscal case, says Mark Nicholls
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German solar subsidy cuts postponed
06 March 2012The solar subsidy cuts proposed by the German government will be not come into force before 1 April, according to a government spokesman.
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Financing Climate Adaptation Measures Using a Credit Trading Mechanism
The Higher Ground Foundation is introducing a market-based mechanism to finance climate change adaptation projects in developing countries through "vulnerability reduction credits" (VRCs).
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Long road ahead seen to repair EU ETS
06 March 2012A key European Parliamentary committee has voted in favour of measures to address the chronic oversupply of allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
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US biofuels rules could lead to surging imports
06 March 2012US rules on ethanol usage will favour Brazilian cane sugar producers and could lead to a surge in imports in the coming years, according to a research note from Rabobank International.
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Bingaman introduces doomed clean energy bill, again
05 March 2012A bill establishing a national clean energy standard (CES) has again been introduced in the US Senate, but its prospects are dim in an election year.
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Wheb takes aim at Henderson, Aviva assets as it swoops on team
05 March 2012Wheb Group has hired the majority of Henderson Global Investors' sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) team, in a move aimed at disgruntled SRI investors.
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Voting open in the Environmental Finance Voluntary Carbon Market Survey
05 March 2012Environmental Finance is conducting its annual survey of the voluntary carbon markets, polling its readers on the leading project developers, traders, brokers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers active in these markets.