Archive

  • Tracking down the data

    01 December 2006

    Companies are working overtime to get a better understanding of their environmental impacts. Vijay Gudivaka looks at the growing market for more effective environmental data management

  • Taming the tigers

    01 December 2006

    Asia's explosive economic growth has come at enormous environmental cost. But investors – with a little help from Melissa Brown and ASrIA – could help shift the region's ­development trajectory. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Banking on the positive

    01 December 2006

    Mark Nicholls reports on how the UK arm of Triodos Bank is making a push into investment banking – and taking a typically unconventional approach

  • A changing climate in Washington?

    01 December 2006

    Environmentalists hailed the Democratic victories in the US mid-term elections. But those hoping for rapid action on greenhouse gases are ­likely to be disappointed, reports Ray Pospisil

  • China turns to biofuels

    01 November 2006

    With soaring energy demand, and rising oil prices, China is desperate for alternative sources of supply – and is embarking on a push into biofuels. Michael Rank reports

  • The trillion-dollar market

    01 November 2006

    Last month, a study sponsored by energy giant Shell suggested that "concerted international action to avert climate change could create a global market worth $1 trillion in the first five years alone".

  • Don't discount the developing world

    01 November 2006

    Emerging markets offer more opportunities for socially responsible investors than many believe, says David Tozer

  • Contracting for a unified RECs market

    01 November 2006

    Jeremy Weinstein reviews progress made, and the ­challenges faced, in drafting a standard contract for trading renewable energy certificates

  • Integration or bust

    01 November 2006

    How can companies better communicate environmental, social and governance issues to the financial markets – and will the markets take them into account? Mark Nicholls reports from Zurich on an effort to answer those questions

  • Talking each other's language

    01 November 2006

    Developing a low-carbon economy will require a degree of communication between the private sector and government that is simply not yet happening, says John Ashton