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A changing landscape
01 October 2008As multinational corporations and the finance sector increasingly confront the world's environmental challenges, the skillsets they require of their senior executives are changing, says Marc Sanglé-Ferrière
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Looking out for the ratepayers
01 October 2008Cameron Prell considers how carbon constraints in US power markets are likely to be paid for
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Clean air jump-start
01 October 2008As the US political system finally gears up to address greenhouse gas emissions, Michael Northrop and David Sassoon argue that the basis for swift federal action is already in place: the Clean Air Act
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The rise of the sovereigns.
01 October 2008Could the growing influence of sovereign wealth funds increasingly be felt in environmental markets? Jeremy Lovell reports
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The next chapter
01 October 2008Reto Ringger, founder and chief executive of SAM Group, is stepping down after 13 years at the helm. He talks to Mark Nicholls about building a pioneer of sustainability investing – and his next steps
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When it comes to the crunch…
01 October 2008With financial markets reeling, and the global economy spluttering, fears are growing over the outlook for the environmental technology sector. But, argues Ian Simm, even a worldwide slump is unlikely to completely reverse its fortunes
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Beyond CAIRing?
01 September 2008The US courts have shattered the programme to control power plant SO2 and NOx pollution via emissions trading. Plans are under way for a quick fix, but massive uncertainties lie ahead, reports Christopher Cundy
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If they must meddle…
01 September 2008Government intervention to ensure environmental outcomes is often misjudged and market-distorting. But if they must intervene, clean-tech investor Richard MacKellar suggests how
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Peering through the smoke
01 September 2008It's no way to run an environmental market. It's no way to run any kind of market. Since July, the US markets for sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) allowances have been in crisis, following an unexpected judicial decision that threw out pretty much the entire underpinning of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strategy on the two pollutants.
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Feeling the cold?
01 September 2008One year on, and the banking sector's recovery from the credit crunch seems no closer. So what does this mean for their emerging environmental markets businesses? Tricia Holly Davis reports
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- Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
- White Paper 3 - The role of ESG disclosure in sustainable bond investment decisions
- EDF green bonds 'at risk' after French nuclear weapon move, says Barclays
- Rise of transition plans could remedy regulatory 'failure' to boost transition finance
- SBTi clarifies carbon credit stance amid staff unrest
- Nordea to close social bond fund after just over a year