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<title><![CDATA[Charity Bank and Investing for Good in alliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Charity Bank announced the first step in an expansion of its range of services with the strategic alliance with Investing for Good, the specialist social investment advisor.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving electricity saves more CO2 than thought]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recent research by Imperial College shows that cutting electricity consumption is 60% more effective at cutting CO2 emissions than previously thought.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU sceptical over shareholder engagement]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Commission could pull the plug on shareholder engagement unless owners step up.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Charity Bank Increases Funding to Charities and Social Enterprises]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The strength of Charity Bank’s support to charities and social enterprises has again been confirmed by record loan growth announced today.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prime Minister questioned over waste incineration]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[David Cameron has suggested that all alternative treatment methods should be investigated before incinerating residual waste.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Triodos finds few opportunities]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Social lender fails to attract enough interest in Triodos Opportunities Fund]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free Book of Green now out]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Book of Green, the free eco living directory full of green and ethical businesses, confirms the strength and prosperity of the green sector. Despite the recession Book of Green has launched a larger edition of the paperback eco-directory, doubled its print run, and gone digital, launching an iPhone app.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank of England keeps base rate at 0.5%]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid o&amp;shy;n commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GAEIA's Helen Tandy in the news]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Helen was featured in the Independent o&amp;shy;n Sunday, talking about mortgages.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GAEIA in France]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We can now service clients in the South of France.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco refit : Open Evening]]></title>
<link>http://www.gaeia.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=266</link>
<description><![CDATA[We recently held a successful open evening to celebrate our Manchester office's eco-refit.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BP - An ethical investment ?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The BP case highlights clearly the value socially responsible investment (SRI) can add to the investment process. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa : Social Investment Forum]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[South Africa's new Social Investment Forum started in June 2010.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco refit to celebrate 20 years in business]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Gaeia Partnership, founded by Brigid Benson and based in Didsbury, Manchester, is celebrating 20 years of trading with an Open Evening on Thursday 1 July at 6pm.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bain hydro share offer extended]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Due to the unprecedented local, regional and national publicity, directors of River Bain Hydro have been inundated with requests for a prospectus for the share offer.  Consequently the share offer is being extended.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GAEIA Newsletter : SUMMER 2010]]></title>
<link>http://www.gaeia.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=261</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Summer 2010 GAEIA newsletter. If you wish to receive our newsletters by email please contact us.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK ethical investment hits record high of £9.5 billion]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Latest figures from EIRIS, the London based non-profit sustainable investment specialists, show that as at 31st December 2009 the amount of money invested in Britain's green and ethical retail funds (i.e. those funds open to the general public) reached £9.5 billion.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Child Trust Funds scrapped]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The government has scrapped Child Trust Funds.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cochabamba Forestry Project]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cochabamba  Project – a Forestry Venture to  benefit  both  investors and Bolivian farmers – share subscription open until 30 June 2010]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Centre for Alternative Technology : Appeal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education (WISE) is CAT's most important project to date and is due to open to the public in June.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Working with torture victims]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brigid Benson's work with torture victims.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Growth for Charity Bank]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The strength of Charity Bank’s support of the social sector has again been confirmed by record growth announced today.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tories will not deliver financial services reform]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Conservative minority government would not deliver the reforms needed in the financial sector.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Landfill Tax up 20% - Investment Opportunity]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The annual increase in landfill tax rise by 20%, from £40 to £48 per tonne will further increase pressure on local authorities to seek alternative waste management solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UK adopts Vulture Law]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This afternoon the UK became the first country in the world to legislate to stop vulture funds profiteering off the debts of the poorest countries in the world. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[STOCKPORT'S GREENER THAN GREEN]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[It’s not o&amp;shy;nly our Celtic cousins who can lay claim to being green, Stockport will be at the forefront of green technology when it becomes the site of Greater Manchester’s first community-funded hydro. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[COMMUNITY HYDRO FIRST FOR YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The dream of the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s first community hydro is becoming a reality thanks to the hard work and dedication of people who are passionate about the environment in Bainbridge.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth Hour 27th March 2010 8.30pm]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Have you signed up to this years Earth Hour we have..]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget Update April 2010]]></title>
<link>http://www.gaeia.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=248</link>
<description><![CDATA[What you need to know about the budget.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[&quot;We need to be smarter about re-using and recycling waste&quot;]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The case for investing money into Anaerobic Digestion]]></description>
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