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Phaunos Timber Fund blames tough markets for widening losses
22 April 2013Phaunos Timber Fund – an investment company focusing on sustainable timber – saw its losses widen in 2012 after cutting the valuation of parts of its portfolio amid challenging market conditions.
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Samsung admits sourcing tin from 'devastated' island
22 April 2013Electronics giant Samsung has won NGO plaudits for admitting that tin used in some of its products originates from an area where mining has been accused of destroying tropical forests, killing coral and damaging local communities.
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Asset manager raises £35m for wind investments
15 April 2013A UK-based alternative asset management firm has raised £35 million ($53.7 million) in a first close for its inaugural wind energy income fund.
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Geothermal sector hopes for US incentive boost
15 April 2013The US geothermal sector is set to receive a boost if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) favourably interprets recent changes to the production tax credit (PTC), an investor has predicted.
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Clean energy investment slumps to four-year low in Q1 – BNEF
15 April 2013Investments in clean energy tanked to a four-year low in the first quarter of this year, driven by sharp falls in technology costs and setbacks in key markets such as the US and China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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BioAmber aims to raise $128m in IPO
12 April 2013Biochemicals company BioAmber has set the price range for its planned public listing, amid an upswing of initial public offering (IPO) activity in the clean-tech market.
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BofAML tips stocks set to turn trash into $2trn
09 April 2013Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has identified companies that are well-placed to gain from the growth of the waste management sector – an industry it estimates will double in value by 2020.
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UBS increases SRI investments, tightens CO2 target
09 April 2013Swiss banking giant UBS had SFr 253.73 billion ($271.49 billion) – 11.38% of its total assets under management – invested according to 'socially responsible' principles, as of 31 December 2012.
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Investors, Nasdaq propose sustainability listing standard
08 April 2013Nasdaq OMX and a group of investors have joined forces in proposing sustainability disclosure standards for stock exchanges.
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Clean-tech VC drops 29% in first quarter
08 April 2013Venture capital (VC) investment in clean technology slumped in the first quarter of 2013 despite a higher number of deals than the previous quarter, as investors continue to favour capital-light transactions, according to the Cleantech Group.