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  • Cheuvreux retains sustainability title in Extel survey

    12 June 2013

    Kepler Cheuvreux has been voted best pan-European brokerage firm for sustainability research in the annual Thomson Reuters Extel survey.

  • Wells Fargo's 'green financing' surges in 2012

    12 June 2013

    US bank Wells Fargo more than doubled its environmental loans and investments last year, and claims to be on track to meet its goal of providing $30 billion of "green" finance between 2012 and 2020.

  • New renewables firm plans €150m fund

    12 June 2013

    A new solar asset management business has unveiled plans to raise €150 million ($199.1 million) for its inaugural fund.

  • Climate fund reaches €60m first close

    11 June 2013

    A fund seeking to raise €200 million to support sustainable land-use and ecosystem services has reached a first close, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Italy urges companies to report through CDP

    11 June 2013

    The Italian government is to "formally request" that 100 of the country's largest companies and its major cities disclose their environmental data to investors through the CDP.

  • GIB assesses funding needs of anaerobic digestion

    11 June 2013

    The UK's fledgling anaerobic digestion market requires capital investment of about £650 million, according to the nation's Green Investment Bank.

  • First ESG indexes launched for bond investors

    11 June 2013

    A range of more than 500 new fixed income indexes based on environmental, social and governance criteria has been launched today.

  • Private equity ESG management 'reaches new frontier' – study

    10 June 2013

    Management of environmental, social and governance issues by private equity funds and investors has risen in the past 12 months, a study has found.

  • Environmental services firm in €150m buy-out

    10 June 2013

    A multinational environmental solutions company has taken full ownership of a Latin American joint-venture in a €150 million deal.

  • Investors braced for further Spanish subsidy cuts

    07 June 2013

    Spain is expected to hit investors with further cuts to subsidies for renewables in a move that threatens to push some firms into default.