Archive

  • Navigating the credit crunch

    01 March 2009

    Funding for renewable energy businesses is still available – with the right approach. James Knight explains how best to appeal to investors

  • Profiting from pond-life

    01 March 2009

    Many investors believe that algae could supply valuable energy, but profits may take years to arrive, says Vic Wyman

  • Whither voluntarism?

    01 March 2009

    Voluntary commitments by industry to address climate change have done little so far to cut emissions – but they may have a role to play in the future, says Rory Sullivan

  • Under greater scrutiny

    01 March 2009

    As climate change regulation rises up the US political agenda, public companies will face new disclosure obligations. Amy Freed and Jennie Ingram consider the issues

  • Public and private

    01 March 2009

    Whether as a policy-maker or an investment manager, Kathleen McGinty has spent her career trying to find the economic opportunity in environmental challenges, she tells Christopher Cundy

  • From the national to the global

    01 February 2009

    I must admit to some scepticism over recent months as to the likelihood of a 'Green New Deal' emerging as a response to the economic turmoil in which the world finds itself. Governments were more likely, it seemed, to rush to save jobs in struggling sectors of the old economy than attempt to create jobs in the fledgling sectors of the new.

  • People moves this month

    01 February 2009

    Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month

  • A blueprint for action

    01 February 2009

    Leading US businesses and NGOs have come together to offer a painstakingly negotiated blueprint for measures to tackle climate change. Federal legislators should take note, says Eileen Claussen

  • Corralling the cowboys

    01 February 2009

    As voluntary carbon market participants brace themselves for the effect of the global slowdown, Christopher Cundy reports on how the market's earlier problems are being addressed

  • Registeries - ticked off?

    01 February 2009

    If 2008 was the year when voluntary carbon standards established themselves, then 2009 should be the year for their registries.