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  • Investors question companies on 'disconnect' with manufacturers' carbon stance

    26 May 2011

    Investors are challenging companies over their relationships with a trade organisation that is seeking to derail US carbon regulations.

  • Bioenergy sustainability indicators agreed by international body

    24 May 2011

    Leading countries have agreed a set of sustainability indicators to inform the production and use of bioenergy, meeting repeated requests from the G8 for such guidelines.

  • ADB seeds up to $700m of clean-tech venture funds

    24 May 2011

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to pump $60 million into three clean-tech venture capital funds focused on China and India.

  • Gamesa launches €50 million corporate venture capital fund

    20 May 2011

    Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa is to ring-fence €50 million ($71 million) for a corporate venture capital (VC) fund to invest in "new renewable technologies".

  • 2013: the tipping point for sustainability spending?

    19 May 2011

    Spending by large businesses on sustainability initiatives such as energy efficiency and clean-tech innovation could double in the next two years, according to analysis firm Verdantix.

  • Solazyme ups IPO target to $184m

    18 May 2011

    Californian algae biofuels company Solazyme is hoping to raise $184 million in its initial public offering, nearly double the firm's original target.

  • Tepco dropped from Dow Jones socially responsible investment index

    13 May 2011

    Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has been dropped from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) family, following "a significant reduction in Tepco's sustainability score" in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

  • Shareholder action on sustainability being used more aggressively – E&Y

    12 May 2011

    Investors are more aggressively using shareholder proxies to force companies to take action on environmental and social issues, a trend that will accelerate in 2011, according to Ernst & Young (E&Y).

  • Dangerous chemicals list sparks concern for investors

    12 May 2011

    Investors are increasingly concerned about how companies are complying with the EU chemicals legislation REACH and whether they are looking to phase out potentially dangerous chemicals, experts said.

  • Clean-tech investors chase millions for Asian strategies

    06 May 2011

    A slew of venture capital and private equity funds are raising money into clean-tech funds focused on Asia.