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Reporting: the next generation
13 June 2013The Global Reporting Initiative has launched the fourth generation of its sustainability reporting guidelines. What will be the impact on companies and investors, asks Jennifer Iansen-Rogers.
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Burmese opportunities
04 June 2013As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant
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New markets tempt investors into timber
23 May 2013Forestry is growing in favour as an asset class for institutional investors but the market is being restructured by economic and demographic changes and growing demand for bioenergy, says David Brand of investment manager New Forests.
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Connecticut's green bank shows the way
18 April 2013A radical approach to attracting private capital for clean energy projects via a 'green bank' has been pioneered in Connecticut. As Gloria Gonzalez reports, it is attracting plaudits from far beyond the state line
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Animal welfare raises ESG issues
02 April 2013Rory Sullivan and Nicky Amos consider the lessons that a recent benchmarking of farm animal welfare standards can teach responsible investors
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Forest risk rises
11 March 2013The number of companies reporting to the Forest Footprint Disclosure project has broken through the 100 barrier. But with sectors such as oil and gas largely shunning the initiative, what can be done to raise awareness around forest-risk commodities? Peter Cripps reports
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Clean-tech is dead, long live clean-tech
05 March 2013Many clean-tech venture investors might have struck out – but market veterans are reinventing themselves, shifting up the finance spectrum and refocusing on proven technologies. Mark Nicholls reports
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Creating a competitive advantage
26 February 2013When it comes to managing environmental, social and governance issues, the private equity industry is moving from 'why?' to 'how?', say Tom Murray and Lee Coker
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The resource efficiency opportunity
26 February 2013Markets linked to resource efficiency are set to deliver strong growth and, if approached correctly, investment outperformance, says Ian Simm
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A natural capital roadmap
21 February 2013Building on momentum created at the 'Rio+20' Earth Summit, 41 leaders in the financial sector are moving to mainstream natural capital integration in financial products and corporate accounting and reporting. Ivo Mulder, Andrew Mitchell and Peter Cruickshank explain