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UK selects final two in £1bn CCS competition
21 March 2013The UK government has selected two preferred bidders in its £1 billion ($1.5 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition, in a "watershed" move for the technology in Europe.
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Investors urge Bank of America to quit coal funding
20 March 2013Bank of America has been urged to phase out its coal financing in an open letter signed by 50 investors, NGOs and legal experts.
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NYSE Euronext and Vigeo launch ESG indexes
20 March 2013The world's largest exchange group, NYSE Euronext, has launched a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes using methodology developed by responsible performance expert Vigeo.
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Online 'dating' service to match investors with project developers
19 March 2013A new online exchange aims to become the Match.com of clean energy financing, connecting institutional investors with project developers seeking funding.
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DJSI aligns climate risk questions with CDP
18 March 2013RobecoSAM is to partially coordinate its sustainability research with CDP, in an effort to reduce the burden faced by listed companies in providing sustainability data to research providers.
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Silver Spring's shares soar after IPO
14 March 2013Investors jumped at the opportunity to buy shares in Silver Spring Networks on Wednesday, driven by a rosy outlook for its smart-grid products.
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Shell tops SIN List for use of dangerous chemicals
14 March 2013Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has topped a new ranking of listed companies that produce or import potentially hazardous chemicals in Europe.
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Mitsubishi among victims of FTSE4Good review
11 March 2013Mitsubishi Corporation is among four companies dropped from the FTSE4Good index family, while 20 new firms have been added to the environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused indexes.
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EFET launches standard contract for wood pellet trade
07 March 2013A standard contract for wood pellets has been launched in Europe in a move to establish a traded market, but traders say demand is currently too low for activity to rise substantially.
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AB InBev environmental efforts yield $500m
07 March 2013Anheuser-Busch InBev generated additional revenues of $420 million from recycling waste streams and saved $92 million from more efficient energy and water use since 2009, the brewing giant has claimed.