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The billion-dollar question
05 October 2012The numbers are certainly eye-catching – but what do US banks' environmental investment goals mean for how they do business, and for the ability of the low-carbon economy to raise finance? Gloria Gonzalez and Mark Nicholls report
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After the drought
05 October 2012This summer's heat and drought has hit US crop yields hard – and it has spurred interest in weather risk management from the agricultural sector. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Forging alliances: green growth and public-private finance
05 October 2012Thomas Kerr explains how the Green Growth Action Alliance aims to help emerging economies tap private sector low-carbon investment
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Vestas in the eye of the storm
02 October 2012Talks of a tie-up between Vestas and Mitsubishi gave hope to investors in the beleaguered turbine maker – but a lack of progress in the talks is raising questions about its future. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Drumming up debt
02 October 2012With banks reluctant to lend, financiers are hatching fresh plans to attract debt into renewable energy projects. Christopher Cundy reports
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EDITORIAL: The investment case for a pristine Arctic
02 October 2012It is one of the supreme ironies of global warming: as the Arctic ice recedes in the face of rapidly rising temperatures at the poles, so the opportunity opens up for the extraction of potentially enormous reserves of oil and gas.
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Time to scale up action on biodiversity
28 September 2012The World Business Council's Peter Bakker makes the case for business action on biodiversity protection
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A flexible approach to finance
27 September 2012Embedding sustainability considerations into business planning involves flexible thinking within the finance department, says Diageo CFO Dierdre Mahlan
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From hedges to forests
24 September 2012Hedge fund supremo Stanley Fink talks to Mark Nicholls about investing to make an environmental impact as well as a financial return
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The full story
19 September 2012Paul Druckman explains how integrated reporting will make a crucial contribution to improving the sustainability of business
- BlackRock's sustainable and transition funds attract inflows despite backlash
- French investors devise framework to tackle 'engagement washing'
- Capital Continuum merges with Finance Earth
- Big Nature Impact Fund raises £65m after narrowing focus
- Storebrand and BNP to lead nature transition group
- Lack of actionable adaptation investments, says Aberdeen
- Sovereign credit ratings 'ignoring' nature risks
- Luxembourg commits to TFFF
- CBI: Pioneering climate resilience taxonomy sharpened-up
- China's offshore green bond to catalyse market