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  • Calvert offers emerging markets sustainability fund

    05 November 2012

    Calvert Investments has launched a mutual fund to invest in companies in emerging markets that produce products and services designed to tackle pressing environmental and social challenges.

  • Biomass can produce more UK electricity than previously hoped - report

    05 November 2012

    The biomass sector has the potential to smash the targets set for it by the UK government and still provide a good return for investors, a new report has claimed.

  • Forest carbon market hits record despite fall in REDD – report

    05 November 2012

    The value of the forest carbon market hit a record $237 million last year, despite a sharp fall in transaction volumes from projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).

  • Businesses need to value water - report

    01 November 2012

    Businesses have been urged to step up efforts to understand the importance of water to their operations by a new report that argues that the true value of the commodity is not reflected in its price.

  • CCS shortlist leaves out one of the UK favourites

    30 October 2012

    The UK government has drawn up a shortlist of four projects in the running for its £1 billion ($1.6 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) funding competition, but has shunned a bid widely seen as one of the likely winners.

  • Investors eye REITs to finance US solar projects

    30 October 2012

    The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could soon allow renewable energy sponsors to use real estate investment trusts (REITs) to finance their projects, according to one financing expert.

  • Advanced biofuels tie-up to boost industry

    29 October 2012

    A next-generation biofuels producer has formed a strategic partnership with the world's largest supplier of industrial enzymes in a move they hope will kickstart the sector's growth.

  • Investors welcome Drax cash-call

    25 October 2012

    A £180 million ($287.8 million) cash-call from Drax – the UK's largest coal-fired power plant – to help convert it to running predominantly on biomass was welcomed by investors today.

  • Climate change poses litigation risk for pension fund trustees – law firm

    25 October 2012

    It is only a matter of time before a pension fund trustee faces litigation for failing to address climate change risks, according to a new report.

  • BoAML launches 'fighting drought'-themed tradable stock screen

    24 October 2012

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) has created a list of stocks and a tradable stock screen comprising firms it considers to profit from fighting drought and promoting food, water and energy security.