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Sustainable palm oil 'a serious business opportunity' – WWF
05 April 2012Financial gains and other business benefits for palm oil producers outweigh the costs of meeting sustainable palm oil criteria, according to the WWF.
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NYSE and BNEF launch sectoral clean energy indexes
05 April 2012NYSE Euronext and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) have introduced three sector-focused global clean energy indexes.
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Sustainable investment groups to collaborate on global tally
02 April 2012Regional sustainable investment groups are to collaborate to produce a first-of-its kind assessment of the size of the global sustainable and responsible investment market.
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Water needs clearer price to spur investments, say investors
30 March 2012Water, like carbon dioxide emissions, needs to be priced to further propel much-needed investment, experts said.
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Shale gas industry needs ESG standards – F&C
29 March 2012Investment firm F&C has started an initiative to indentify environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards for companies involved in shale gas extraction.
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Ballast water treatment market set to soar – then slump
27 March 2012A potentially multi-billion dollar market in treating ballast water has emerged after regulations came into place in the US recently which are on the way to being adopted globally, say investors and analysts.
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Australian renewables VC fund ready to invest A$200m
26 March 2012An Australian renewable energy venture capital fund backed by the government is to start looking for investment opportunities.
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Too few companies report climate goal achievements – Norges Bank
26 March 2012Few companies disclosed emissions data and activities to meet climate change goals and regulations in 2011, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).
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Danish pension fund ploughs assets into renewables
22 March 2012Danish pension fund PensionDanmark is putting more money into renewable energy infrastructure assets, which achieve equity market-level returns with less risk, according to the fund's managing director.
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'Ocean economics' study shows $2tr/yr cost of climate change
22 March 2012The economic value of the world's oceans could drop by $2 trillion a year by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise on their current trend, according to a Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) study.