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SRI investment growth outpaces wider US market
11 November 2010Growth in socially responsible and sustainable investments (SRI) has substantially outpaced the broader US market, despite the economic recession, according to the latest bi-annual study from the Social Investment Forum (SIF).
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Biofuel firm sends pork fat flying
11 November 2010A biofuel plant in Louisiana is turning chicken fat and pork lard into renewable diesel, in what its joint venture partners say is the first commercial-scale advanced biofuels facility in the US.
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Van Eck launches rare earths ETF
02 November 2010Money manager Van Eck Global has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering investors exposure to a possible bull-run in the value of 'rare earth' metals.
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Impax Asian fund doubles war chest
28 October 2010Impax's Asia-focused environmental equity fund has boosted its coffers by £131 million ($208 million) in a secondary fundraising on the London Stock Exchange.
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SAM founder Ringger launches sustainable bank
28 October 2010Sustainable investment veteran Reto Ringger is setting up bank aimed at private investors.
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Smart grid crucial to renewables revolution – but who will pay?
21 October 2010A modernisation of the electricity network will be essential if Europe's utilities are to switch to renewable power generation at the scale hoped, according to firms and investors in the smart grid space.
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Carbon price alone cannot unlock US nuclear ambitions
21 October 2010A federal carbon price would provide a major boost to the US nuclear power industry, but would not solve all its problems, experts said.
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Trade brawl with China no substitute for US climate policy - experts
21 October 2010The US government's decision to investigate whether China's green energy subsidies violate international trade law is good news for US manufacturers, but does not alleviate the need for a US climate policy that adequately supports the clean energy sector, experts said.
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Ratings agencies failing bond investors over water risk – report
21 October 2010Bond investors are "blindly placing bets" on which US public utilities are best able to manage growing and imminent water risks, Ceres said in a report out today – which partly blames "weak scrutiny" by ratings agencies.
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Europe's SRI market almost doubles, to €5 trillion, in two years
14 October 2010The value of the European sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) market has almost doubled, to €5 trillion ($7 trillion) over the last two years, according to the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif).