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EU states 'over-confident' on bioenergy assumptions, say paper companies
13 April 2011Assumptions about the amount of energy that EU member states could obtain from forest biomass are overly optimistic, says the Confederation of Paper Industries (CEPI).
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FTSE lifts lid on ESG data for 2,400 companies
07 April 2011FTSE Group has unveiled environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings for almost 2,400 companies worldwide – allowing clients to access and manipulate "granular data" covering six ESG themes.
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Latin America readies for clean energy rush, despite lack of subsidies
07 April 2011The clean energy sector in Latin America is poised to take off, even without the benefit of the major government subsidies enjoyed in North America and Europe, according to regional experts.
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DEG's 'water filter' to strain investor risk
07 April 2011German development bank DEG has developed a tool to help investors assess the water risk in individual investments and at the portfolio level.
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US surges, Asia wanes as Q1 clean-tech investment reaches $2.6 billion
07 April 2011Global clean-tech venture capital (VC) investment surged 52% to $2.57 billion in the first quarter, buoyed by high value, late-stage deals and strong performance among North American companies, according to analysis by California-based research firm the Cleantech Group. However, the number of transactions in the quarter dropped.
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Corporates say clean-tech investment is good for revenue
07 April 2011Almost three-quarters of corporations surveyed by consultancy Ernst & Young plan to increase or significantly increase clean-tech budgets between 2012 and 2014, reflecting a growing view that such spending can improve corporate revenues.
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Norway makes first payment to Guyana under pioneering forest carbon deal
06 April 2011Norway is to immediately transfer $40 million to Guyana in the first payment under a novel deal to protect the South American country's forests.
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CDP investors' demands shift from disclosure to mitigation
06 April 2011A 'vanguard' group of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) signatories managing $7.6 trillion of assets have called on the world's largest companies to implement "cost-effective" greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.
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US officials vent over lack of clean-tech policy certainty
05 April 2011US government officials working to facilitate investment in the clean-tech sector say they are just as frustrated with the lack of federal policy certainty as private investors.
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Investors give thumbs up for NEST ESG commitment
31 March 2011The UK's national pension scheme is to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis across all its asset classes, and has signed up to the UN-backed Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), winning plaudits from sustainable investment groups.