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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.
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EU smart grid preparations lag technology advances
20 October 2011The EU needs to do much more if it is to achieve sustainable electricity supplies managed by smart grids across the bloc's 27 member states, according to experts.
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IFC launches mechanism to fund clean-tech start-ups in developing world
20 October 2011The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is piloting a mechanism to invest in early stage clean-tech companies 'home grown' in the developing world, and to help start-ups in industrialised countries begin operations in low-income countries.
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EU backs project bonds for green energy infrastructure
20 October 2011The European Commission is proposing to back project bonds that will make it easier to build and finance cross-border power lines and ultimately create an EU-wide power network.
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Ceres offers investors 'water gauge', praises Nestle, Rio Tinto
19 October 2011Investor coalition Ceres has launched a tool to help investors manage water risks across their investment portfolios.