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  • More indexes to address sustainable investment

    18 June 2009

    Three index providers this week announced new products focused on companies that address environmental issues or show class-leading efforts on sustainability reporting.

  • Investors focus on deforestation disclosure

    18 June 2009

    Investors are to call on companies to examine and disclose their role in tropical deforestation, via the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project (FFDP).

  • US government steps back up for carbon capture

    18 June 2009

    The US government has resurrected the FutureGen Project – a major carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) pilot – although its future remains far from certain.

  • Biofuel funding flow switches to new technologies

    17 June 2009

    Biofuel funding flow switches to new technologies

  • Biofuels could cut jet emissions by 65%, says Air New Zealand

    03 June 2009

    The replacement by biofuels of half of the jet fuels now being burned could cut airlines' greenhouse gas emissions by 60–65%, claimed Air New Zealand.

  • Rockley launches $100m China fund

    01 June 2009

    UK-based technology funding firm Rockley Group has announced a $100 million fund that will invest in Chinese firms engaged in sustainable development activities.

  • PRI urges investors to step up on climate

    01 June 2009

    Investors must not wait for policy-makers to encourage them to act on the threat of climate change, according to a report by an investor coalition.

  • Osmosis plans €200m PE fund

    01 June 2009

    Osmosis Capital is understood to be aiming to raise €200 million ($279 million) into a low-carbon technology private equity fund of funds.

  • Clean-Tech VC Plummets - Ernst & Young

    01 June 2009

    US venture capital (VC) investment in clean technology firms dropped 63% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to Ernst & Young.

  • New fund manager aiming for €200m enviro fund-of-funds

    28 May 2009

    A recently launched fund manager claiming "depth and breadth" in experience is understood to be hoping to raise €200 million ($279 million) into a low-carbon technology private equity fund of funds.