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Noam Ross's Blog – December 2010 Archive (3)

Tackling investor risk in forest restoration

Ecosystem Marketplace posted an interesting document today on Global Forest Carbon Financial Risk Management Best Practices.  Produced as part of a workshop of forest investors and lawyers, it outlines the risks in the forest carbon offset market and practices to manage…

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Added by Noam Ross on December 21, 2010 at 21:00 — No Comments

Managing New Invasion Risks from Biofuel Crops

The search for new biofuels has effectively created an entire new category of agriculture, along with which comes a host of new management risks.  The cycles of crop growth and failure may be less well known than those of more familiar food crops, and they may be affected by new…

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Added by Noam Ross on December 17, 2010 at 0:11 — No Comments

Good environmental management lowers cost of borrowing

Today the RiskMetrics Group ESG Blog highlights new research showing that companies with better environmental performance are viewed as lower risk in bond markets and pay a lower cost of borrowing. The researchers, Rob Bauer and Daniel Hann, won the Moskowitz Prize for research in socially responsible investing. I found this the most interesting finding....

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Added by Noam Ross on December 6, 2010 at 17:00 — No Comments

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