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Impact investments can match traditional asset returns, studies claim
31 October 2013Two studies of impact investments claim to show that investors would sacrifice little, if any, financial return by selecting their assets on environmental and social as well as economic grounds.
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Carbon risks to investors similar to sub-prime mortgages - Al Gore
30 October 2013Investors face a similar risk from carbon-intensive assets as they did from sub-prime mortgages, Al Gore, former US vice president and co-founder of Generation Investment Management, suggested today.
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Italian environmental fund exceeds target for first close
29 October 2013Ambienta, an Italian private equity investment manager, has announced the first close of its second fund focussed on European environmental technology companies.
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Pension savers urged to press funds for action on climate change
29 October 2013A campaign was launched today attempting to mobilise UK savers to demand that their pension funds take action on climate change amid warnings of 'stranded assets'.
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Climate change risks to energy sector are underestimated, warn investors
28 October 2013The rapid and dramatic changes to the global energy market wrought by the US shale gas revolution should serve as a warning of the changes that could arise from climate change, says a new report.
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Call to financiers to fund emerging markets renewables revolution
28 October 2013Financiers need to help the renewables industry shift its focus from the "dying" Western subsidies market and embrace the "phenomenal revolution" in emerging markets, a conference heard.
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$3trn investor coalition heaps 'stranded asset' pressure on fossil fuel firms
24 October 2013A coalition of investors worth $3 trillion has joined forces to write to 45 of the biggest oil and gas companies demanding how they are dealing with the threat of 'stranded assets'.
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Macquarie targets Japanese solar through ¥100bn joint venture
23 October 2013Macquarie Capital and Japanese construction and engineering group Maeda Corporation have launched a joint venture to invest in and raise finance for solar power projects.
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Gates takes €113m stake in Spain's FCC
22 October 2013Microsoft founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in Spanish infrastructure and environmental services company FCC for €113.5 million ($155.9 million).
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Advanced biofuels maker gets $100m from Khosla, Gates
22 October 2013Khosla Ventures and Gates Ventures have, in two separate transactions, committed to invest a total of $100 million to help a US manufacturer of non-food biofuels to expand its production capacity.