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US Energy storage company talks of future funding plans - 23 May 2012
Application developer for the solar industry outlines future financial plans - 23 May 2012
US biofuel developer seeks $2m in investment - 22 May 2012
Australian government opens door for green business with A$10bn fund - 23 May 2012
UK boosts funding for commercial marine developments - 23 May 2012
Environmental energy prize fund tops $4m in Middle East - 23 May 2012
US Energy storage company talks of future funding plans - 23 May 2012Application developer for the solar industry outlines future financial plans - 23 May 2012US biofuel developer seeks $2m in investment - 22 May 2012Advanced materials developer announces possible fundraising opportunity - 22 May 2012Smart home system developer plans £2m fundraise - 21 May 2012
Italian wind developer to raise between €4m and €5m - 21 May 2012 Australian government opens door for green business with A$10bn fund - 23 May 2012
UK boosts funding for commercial marine developments - 23 May 2012
Environmental energy prize fund tops $4m in Middle East - 23 May 2012
India solar rooftop project up for sale - 23 May 2012
Brazilian bio unit of Louis Dreyfus Commodities files for IPO - 22 May 2012
Chinese solar company undertakes IPO, stocks hold steady - 22 May 2012
As a small, maritime trading nation Britain has always been quite a way away from key international markets. Our ability to visit far off places and people, and their access to us, has always been at the very heart of the UK’s ability to ‘punch above our weight in the world’, whether that’s commercially, culturally or diplomatically, writes Ben Caldecott, head of European policy at investment firm Climate Change Capital.
The most active investors in the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors share their views on the market at the fourth annual LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability.
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Corporate sustainability has firmly dug its heels in as an integral part of modern business with underlying economic fundamentals driving global conglomerates to turn to renewable energy, energy efficiency and resource management technologies. 
Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have said sustainability targets will not be met unless their co-sponsors take responsibility. 
A new report co-authored by the World Wildlife Fund and London-based private equity firm Doughty Hanson and Co is drawing attention to the returns private equity forms can generate through sustainable investing. 
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Payments for ecosystem services are flourishing according a report by the Woldwatch Institute, a globally-focused environmental research organisation. 
Swiss-based SAM, a global investment boutique focussing on sustainability investing, is seeing an increasing number of companies put climate change and carbon footprint firmly on their radar. 
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. 
Unigestion, a privately-owned asset manager with €8.1bn of assets under management, has held a first closing on its Unigestion-Ethos Environmental Sustainability Fund. 
ZeaChem, a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into sustainable fuels and chemicals, has executed an agreement with Proctor & Gamble for multi-year joint development of ZeaChem’s product platform. 
While the UK forms its strategy for halving its emissions by 2025, head of sustainability at Natural England Paul Hinds has spearheaded the organisation’s own 50 per cent emissions reduction. 
The Canadian sustainable business market is anticipated to grow to up to $3.7bn by 2014 from the $2.3bn at which it stood in 2010, according to a new report from independent analysts Verdantix. 
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. 
The UK division of consumer goods group PepsiCo has underlined its green credentials with a commitment to be free of using fossil fuels by 2023.
Venture capital firm Navitas Capital has led a $1.2m early stage investment in private US sustainability consultancy Sustainability Roundtable (SR). 
Property consultancy, transaction and advisory service provider Drivers Jonas Deloitte has joined the UK Green Building Council (UK GBC), which it said reinforces its commitment to dramatically improve sustainability. 
Improving the sustainability of the UK government is a key focus of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, according to Secretary of State Caroline Spelman.
Engineering and 3D design specialist Autodesk told NewNet it is experiencing great awareness from the retail sector with regards to the challenges and opportunities greening buildings can present.
The cleantech industry needs to become a sustainable sector and stop using toxic materials when manufacturing equipment, an industry expert has warned.
