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  • 'Alarm bells need to ring' on Europe's slow CCS progress – EC energy head

    28 February 2013

    The slow development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in Europe should cause "alarm bells to ring", as the region's dependence on fossil fuels is growing, the European Commission's head of energy has said.

  • Biofuels fraudster sentenced to 12 years

    26 February 2013

    The man at the centre of a $9 million fraud involving US biofuel credits has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

  • Emerging markets sustainability index launched

    22 February 2013

    A sustainability index tracking the performance of companies in emerging markets has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) family.

  • IBM, Public Storage, bow to environmental pressure from investors

    21 February 2013

    IT giant IBM and real estate firm Public Storage have agreed to increase reporting on their energy performance, reaching agreement with investors who had filed shareholder resolutions against their boards.

  • Breckinridge wins 'B Corporation' status

    20 February 2013

    Breckinridge Capital Advisors, a Boston‐based fixed income manager, has been awarded B Corporation certification, recognising its higher standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

  • World Bank to boost efforts to attract private investment for forestry

    19 February 2013

    The World Bank Group has hit back at claims that it finances industrial logging concessions, and pledged to ramp up efforts to attract more private sector capital to support sustainable forestry.

  • Carbon Trust unveils water reduction certification programme

    19 February 2013

    The UK's Carbon Trust has launched what it says is the first international certification for water reduction, with Coca-Cola Enterprises and retail giant Sainsbury's among the first four companies winning certification.

  • Drax profits fall, but shares rise amid biomass conversion plans

    19 February 2013

    Profits dropped at Western Europe's biggest coal-fired electricity plant as it invested in plans to convert to running mainly on biomass – but it remains confident the transformation will deliver "attractive returns to shareholders".

  • PRI showcases ESG integration approaches

    14 February 2013

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) secretariat has published two reports to help investors better incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision making.

  • Fund set for UK solar buying spree

    13 February 2013

    A private equity fund backed by leading UK investor Jon Moulton is planning to ramp up its investments in industrial solar power installations, having deployed almost £40 million ($62.6 million) since December 2011.