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ESG risks make Felda IPO 'worse than Facebook' – Profundo
26 June 2012Investors in Malaysian palm oil firm Felda face poorly-disclosed environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, according to Dutch economic research consultancy Profundo, which warns Felda's listing this week "may turn out worse than Facebook's".
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Forestry fund managers apply Sharia for Middle East edge
26 June 2012Two fund managers are marketing Sharia-compliant sustainable forestry funds to tap Middle Eastern investment.
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Brazilian emissions-efficiency ETF raises $500m
21 June 2012A Brazilian exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks carbon-efficient companies has attracted BRL1 billion ($502 million) in investment.
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Water disclosure rising, but so is the risk – Ceres
18 June 2012More US companies are disclosing information on water risk exposures following changes to filing requirements made by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2010, according to a Ceres report released today, but more needs to be done, the investor and environmental coalition says.
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PRI to explore sustainability 'value-add' for private equity
15 June 2012The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is studying how sustainability management can enhance private equity returns.
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CA Cheuvreux stays on top of Extel SRI research survey
13 June 2012Brokerage CA Cheuvreux has once more been voted best pan-European brokerage firm for sustainability research in the annual Thomson Reuters Extel survey, again pipping Bank of America into second place, while UBS climbed from fifth place to third.
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HSBC makes $100m water, sanitation donation
11 June 2012HSBC has unveiled a five-year, $100 million partnership with three NGOs to help address the "global water challenge", as the bank publishes a report assessing the future of the planet's 10 most populated river basins.
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Companies failing to manage, disclose physical climate risks – investors, NGOs
01 June 2012Companies must improve their analysis and management of the physical risks that climate change poses to their operations and supply chains – and a new tool created by advocates of enhanced disclosure aims to help them do just that.
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FTSE creates ESG service unit
31 May 2012Index provider FTSE has hired two former HSBC bankers to set up a unit to meet growing demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products and analytical tools from asset managers and pension funds.
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US, Canada, set to win CCS demonstration race
30 May 2012Companies in the US and Canada are poised to win the race to build the world's first large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).