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The cost of environmental impacts on business operations are doubling every 14 years, according to a report that stresses stakeholders should act now. 
The value of private equity investment in the cleantech sector has continued to see-saw in the last couple of months, and January's activity continued this trend, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet. 
The vast majority of energy and natural resource executives believe that a post-2012 Kyoto agreement will fail, according to a new report. 
Renewable energy technologies are neither economically competitive or easily capable of providing the necessary level of energy security needed by a developed society, a major report has warned. 
Improving the energy efficiency of homes - and the appliances within them - does not necessarily reduce their overall energy consumption, according to a new report. 
In the third quarter of 2011, Israeli private equity saw a boost with 13 deals attracting $803m, 26 per cent above the $637m invested in 17 deals in the previous quarter with cleantech investments leading the trend, according to a new report. 
Sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) themes are becoming increasingly entrenched in alternative asset classes, according to new research. 
European biofuel trade association ePURE has warned that United Nations recommendations made in preparation for a G20 ministerial meeting tomorrow threaten biofuel subsidies. 
Large and publicly traded companies are performing at higher levels when it comes to sustainability and the environment than smaller businesses, due to greater availability of resources and finances to support sustainability programmes, new United Nations (UN) findings have shown. 
Venture capital backing of the solar sector is returning to pre-recession fervour; with the total solar VC deal value for the opening quarter of 2011 soaring to nearly triple the investment level of the previous segment. 
Investing just two per cent of global gross domestic product into ten sustainable sectors would be sufficient to jump-start a low carbon economy and accelerate global gross domestic product, a new United Nations report finds. 
More than two-thirds of companies are planning to increase their commitment to sustainability this year, despite the tough economy, according to a new report. 
Many thought leaders have extolled the enormous potential of the smart grid and its value in delivering a worldwide low-carbon economy. But despite this there is an uncertainty about how the business will progress in this decade, according to an executive brief from business intelligence provider Memoori.
The value of private equity and venture capital investment in cleantech companies declined month-on-month in November, erasing two previous months of growth and putting deal volume and value back among the lowest levels recorded this year, according to data compiled by Zephyr and Bureau van Dijk exclusively for NewNet.
A combination of M&A activity, alliances and invested capital means the home energy hardware and software business is rapidly developing. Although still in its infancy, its ability to connect with the smart grid sector makes for a compelling argument.
Climate change financing will be central to the success of the upcoming United Nations (UN) summit in Cancun, Mexico, and offers the possibility of an agreement on an adequate mechanism to combat global warming, a report by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) said.
The increased level of complexity in the smart grid industry requires an enhanced level of control, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Despite the global recession driving energy consumption lower in 2009 than the previous year, power usage is on the rise in developing nations according to BP's 2010 Statistical Review of World Energy. 
