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Water risks threaten China's economy
08 November 2011Companies in China that use water efficiently will be better positioned to profit in an economy increasingly at risk from water stress and new water regulations, according to analysis by HSBC.
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Australian biomass fund seeks A$100m, eyes IPO
08 November 2011First Climate Funds Management Australia is looking to raise A$100 million (US$103 million) to invest in projects that produce biomass pellets, suitable for substituting coal and oil in power stations.
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Gore calls for transaction tax, sustainable capitalism
07 November 2011Al Gore last week endorsed a financial transaction tax to as a mechanism to encourage responsible investing and "build a generation of sustainable capitalism".
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Energy storage sector reaps windfall from clean-tech VCs – E&Y
03 November 2011A record $421 million of venture capital investment in the energy storage sector helped push clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment in the US up 73% in the last quarter, according to Ernst & Young.
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Electric vehicles may be 'bad bet' – Cleantech Group
03 November 2011Investments in the electric vehicle industry may be a bad clean-tech bet, according to an executive at the Cleantech Group, but the water sector is thirsty for investment.
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Forest carbon fund gets $40m from US development finance house
28 October 2011A fund that intends to earn credits from reducing deforestation has snagged $40 million from a US development finance institution.
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European utility strikes African biomass deal
27 October 2011Biomass producer Africa Renewables (AfriRen) has secured a five-year deal with Danish utility and trading company Verdo to supply thousands of tonnes of woodchips from old rubber trees in Ghana – doubling Africa's biomass exports, AfriRen claims.
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Alternative investment funds increasingly embracing ESG – US SIF
27 October 2011The number of funds and the amount of money in alternative investments that incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria has grown solidly this year in the US, according to a report by the US SIF Foundation.
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Clean-tech association for Africa is launched
25 October 2011An association to represent the interests of the African clean-tech sector was launched on Monday in South Africa.
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Eurosif to reconsider market survey methodology
24 October 2011The European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif) is to reconsider the methodology that underpins its benchmark survey of the size of the European responsible investment market.