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  • Clean-tech VC investments plunged by a third in 2012

    04 January 2013

    Global investments in clean technologies tanked in 2012, as investors shied away from capital-intensive deals and technology risks, according to Cleantech Group.

  • US renewables policies set to come under attack in 2013

    24 December 2012

    Clean energy advocates are preparing to defend state renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in 2013 from conservative groups intent on dismantling them.

  • WTO rules against Ontario incentives for local suppliers

    20 December 2012

    A World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against Ontario's renewable energy incentive programme could help boost trade in the sector, it was claimed today.

  • No CCS project likely to be funded in first wave of NER300

    17 December 2012

    The European Commission (EC) is set to give the go-ahead for €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) of funding through its NER300 programme tomorrow, but is unlikely to lead to any carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects being commissioned, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Dominion buys biggest fuel cell power project in North America

    17 December 2012

    The biggest fuel cell power project in North America has been bought by energy giant Dominion Resources in a deal reportedly worth $125 million.

  • Sustainability ratings principles to be unveiled next year

    14 December 2012

    Ceres and the Tellus Institute are to unveil the principles underpinning their Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) by the middle of next year, in an effort to create a benchmark against which the profusion of corporate sustainability ratings can be judged.

  • EDF launches private equity ESG tool

    13 December 2012

    Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has produced an environmental, social and governance (ESG) tool for private equity fund managers.

  • Four in five 'mainstream' fund managers consider ESG factors – Aviva

    11 December 2012

    More than 80% of "mainstream fund managers" consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when they invest, as most of them believe a company's ESG performance is linked to investment returns, according to insurance giant Aviva.

  • First global climate index for asset owners reveals 'crisis of transparency'

    11 December 2012

    A large proportion of the world's biggest investors have buried "their heads in the sand" when it comes to climate change, a lobby group claimed today as it launched the first global index for asset owners focusing on the issue.

  • Business fears over energy and resource costs hit three-year high – PwC

    10 December 2012

    The number of business leaders worried that energy and resource costs pose a threat to growth has hit a three-year high, PwC has suggested.