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Funds digest
01 February 2010DB and Masdar clean-tech fund raises $265m; Proark closes European renewables fund at €101m; ATP to launch €1bn climate fund; Alstom and Schneider collaborate on €70m VC fund; Banks seed European energy efficiency fund with €95m; ECP makes first close on renewables fund
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Australian real estate funds, firms lead green rankings
28 January 2010Most real estate funds and companies are not yet actively managing their environmental impacts, according to a report commissioned by three European institutional investors.
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Hermes makes first close on UK clean-tech fund
28 January 2010The UK government's clean-tech private equity fund achieved its first close at £125 million ($202 million) on Tuesday.
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UK biofuel suppliers fall short of sustainability targets
28 January 2010Several major suppliers of transport fuel in the UK failed to meet the sustainability criteria for biofuels in the first year of the government's pioneering Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).
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Maplecroft launches US climate indexes
28 January 2010Risk analysis firm Maplecroft has launched a family of indexes to track climate-related innovation and carbon management at some of the biggest companies in the US.
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Middle East ESG index finally to be launched this year
21 January 2010The first environmental, social and governance (ESG) index of Middle Eastern and North African companies is due to be launched later this year – two years after it was first announced.
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US government awards $2.3bn for clean energy manufacturing
14 January 2010US federal agencies have awarded $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy manufacturing projects in a move designed to spur a major push in renewable energy development.
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Proposed ISO criteria get cool response from bioenergy sector
14 January 2010European bioenergy organisations have expressed concerns about plans by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for a new standard to address sustainability issues linked to bioenergy.
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Invest in wind stocks, avoid solar, says Jefferies
07 January 2010Investors should avoid the solar sector in the early part of this year, according to equity analysts at investment bank Jefferies International, but wind energy companies may be a good bet as orders are expected to surge.
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Clean-tech investors favoured energy efficiency in 2009
07 January 2010Clean technology investors ploughed money into the energy efficiency, transportation and power storage sectors in 2009, at the expense of more traditional renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind, according to end-of-year reports from two analysis firms.