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BOSTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid growing pressure on developing countries to join an international climate treaty later this year, a new Ceres report released today shows that emerging market banks are beginning to integrate climate change considerations into lending and other business decision-making, but that significantly more attention is needed. The report, commissioned by the German development finance institution DEG - Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH --...

Strong Policies Will Drive Critical Low-Carbon Investments; NY State Comptroller DiNapoli, Lord Nicholas Stern Join Investors NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largest global investors issued a joint call today for strong action this year from U.S. and international policy makers in the fight against global warming. Amid growing focus on upcoming international climate treaty talks and Congressional debate of climate and energy legislation, global investors meeting...

First-Ever Majority Vote, Tougher Mountaintop Removal Scrutiny, Cancelled Coal Plants Among Highlights BOSTON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Investors engaging with U.S. and Canadian companies on the financial risks and opportunities from climate change achieved major breakthroughs in the 2009 proxy season, including a first-ever majority vote (51.2 percent) with IDACORP, an electric utility in Idaho, asking it to establish greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. A record 68 climate-related...

LONDON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to an Acclimatise global report, backed by IBM (NYSE: IBM), nearly all electric utilities claim climate change is threatening power outages, higher costs and changes in usage as demand grows to power the world's expanding cities. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) Over ninety percent of global electric utilities that report climate change activity to the Carbon Disclosure Project recognised they are at risk from...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Product Acceleration: By 2012, Ford plans to replace or refresh 70 to 90 percent of its vehicle lineups by volume in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and Africa. By 2014, Ford plans to replace 140 to 160 percent of its lineup by volume in those regions. Leaner, more efficient operations: By the end of 2009, Ford is on pace to reduce its structural costs by $14 billion to $15 billion compared with 2005. At the same...

ST. LOUIS, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AmerenUE, the Missouri utility company of Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE), will be filing today a request for an electric rate increase with the Missouri Public Service Commission (MoPSC). If approved in its entirety, the request would mean an increase of less than 50 cents per day for the average household (based on a residential customer average of 1,100 kilowatt hours used each month). Each household's increase would vary according to the...

WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Green America recognizes the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) as an important step forward towards the comprehensive approach needed to reduce climate emissions and increase clean energy usage in the United States. As the Senate takes up its version of this legislation, Green America, on behalf of its 120,000 individual and 5,000 business members, calls on Senators to build on the work of the House and strengthen...

As Sole Real Estate Industry Sector Member of Ceres, Jones Lang LaSalle is Sector's First Firm to Participate in Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP) CHICAGO, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL), the leading integrated financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate, today announced it has signed the Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP) project developed by Ceres in cooperation with founding members...

BOSTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This joint Op-Ed submission from Deutsche Bank and Ceres, by Kevin Parker and Mindy Lubber, was released today by Ceres: Behavioral economists will tell you that the simple act of placing an electricity consumption meter in plain view can substantially cut a home's energy use. The same goes for real-time miles-per-gallon meters in cars, which change the way we drive. These findings tell us something about human behavior: When the price of costly...

BOSTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This joint Op-Ed submission from Deutsche Bank and Ceres, by Kevin Parker and Mindy Lubber, was released today by Ceres: Behavioral economists will tell you that the simple act of placing an electricity consumption meter in plain view can substantially cut a home's energy use. The same goes for real-time miles-per-gallon meters in cars, which change the way we drive. These findings tell us something about human behavior: When the price of costly...