Features, May 2001 FUND MANAGEMENT SWEATSHOP SEES WAL-MART LEAVE INDEX Alleged failings in its social performance has seen the world's largest retailer dropped from the leading US social investment index. Mark Nicholls reports More... [link to feat 1 may 2001] More... EMISSIONS TRADING ONTARIO SETS OUT EMISSIONS TRADING PLAN Elisabeth DeMarco explains the Ontario government's proposal for an SO2 and NOx emissions trading scheme that could be extended across Canada - and could eventually incorporate CO2 More... HOW I SEE IT BY RICHARD SANDOR 'IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER' A surprising number of legislative initiatives are underway in the US to tackle the issue of climate change EMISSIONS TRADING MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR MULTI-POLLUTANT BILLS Graham Cooper and Hernan Lopez find growing support for an integrated emissions regime in the US - even if CO2 is out of the running KYOTO PROTOCOL PROCESS OR PROTOCOL? The survival of the Kyoto treaty is in the balance. Mark Nicholls reports on its prospects RENEWABLE ENERGY NEW ENERGY FIRMS FACE TOUGH TIMES After last year's financing feast for renewable energy firms, now there's a funding famine. Mark Nicholls examines their options EMISSIONS TRADING BIDDING FOR REDUCTIONS Fiona Mullins explains how to bid for government incentives to take part in the UK's planned emissions trading scheme FUND MANAGEMENT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT LOOKS EAST Euan Marshall argues that SRI will prove a vital component of sustainable development in Asia FORESTRY SAVING FORESTS, EARNING CREDITS Bringing 'avoided deforestation' into the Kyoto Protocol has proved a thorny issue. But Robert Bonnie and Mike Coda argue for credits where they're due MARKET VIEW UNCERTAINTIES PERVADE GHG PROJECTS James Wintergreen and Elizabeth Delaney examine how to overcome problems incorporating emissions reductions in CDM projects WEATHER RISK A FOLLOWING WIND Steve Harry explains how the weather risk market can come to the aid of financing wind farms PROFILE STEPHEN TINDALE FOR THE FULL STORY EVERY MONTH, SUBSCRIBE TO ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE, OR CONTACT info@environmental-finance.com FOR OUR BACK ISSUES SERVICE