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This report takes a first step in helping financial institutions create more robust GHG inventories, by discussing objectives, options, and challenges for financial institutions and stakeholders to consider when creating and evaluating a GHG emissions inventory.

Climate change and water scarcity will have a big impact on the food and beverage industry in Asia

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in India initiated an accreditation process to encourage the adoption of more energy efficiency projects through Energy Service Companies (ESCOs).

Environmental risks and opportunities that are overlooked by investors and companies will impact the financial performance of companies in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

With an investment of US$10 billion dollars in energy efficiency improvements, India’s economy would benefit from its potentially vast annual energy savings of 183.5 billion kilowatt hours.

The purpose of this study is to provide a better understanding of the potential of India’s Energy Service Company (ESCO) industry in order for financial investors to make better-informed investment decisions.

As the recession deepens, investment firms are cutting back on ESG research. That’s a mistake.

International project financing primarily intended to generate jobs and growth should not ignore social and environmental safeguards in the name of economic stimulus.

Despite the global economic downturn, China’s environmental and renewable energy sectors are poised for another year of strong growth.

The following comments were submitted to the Asian Development Bank in 2008, regarding its Safeguard Policy Statement.

Companies in certain consumer goods sectors that do not implement sustainable environmental strategies could face a potential reduction of 13 percent to 31 percent in earnings by 2013 and 19 percent to 47 percent in earnings in 2018.

At the third annual New Ventures India Investor Forum in Mumbai, sustainable entrepreneurs connected with investors to network, build partnerships and find opportunities for growth.

This report develops a future scenario—named “Ecoflation”—in which policies and natural resource constraints force firms to add environmental costs to the costs of doing business. It estimates a 13-31 percent reduction in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) by 2013 and 19-47 percent in 2018 for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies that do not develop strategies to respond to the risks of environmental pressures.

The World Resources Institute’s (WRI) board of directors welcomed two new members last month by electing Chen Jining, a professor and executive vice president at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Daniel Weiss, co-founder and manager of the Angeleno Group, an energy-focused private equity firm.

This week’s first-ever CIF Partnership Forum must ensure that new Clean Technology Funds will help developing countries quickly transition to zero-carbon technologies.

Accounting for Risk: Conceptualizing a Robust Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Financial Institutions

Environmental Challenges for the Food and Beverage Industry

Accreditation to Increase the Credibility of Energy Service Companies in India

Reports Highlight Urgent Environmental Risks Facing Investors, Companies in Emerging Asia

Investment Potential in India for Energy-Efficiency Companies is Ripe, WRI Report Finds

Powering Up: The Investment Potential of Energy Service Companies in India

Filling the Investment Information Deficit

Global Stimulus, Human Rights and the Environment

The Green Investment Challenge in China

Comments on Asian Development Bank’s Safeguard Policy Statement

Consumer Goods Companies Face Major Earning Hit Without Smart Environmental Sourcing

New Ventures India Forum a Boon for Sustainable Enterprise

Rattling Supply Chains: The Effect of Environmental Trends on Input Costs for the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry

New WRI Board Members Highlight Importance of China, Energy Investment

Unfinished Business on Climate Change Investment Funds

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