Archive

  • No place like this

    10 May 2010

    Ontario's Green Energy Act set out to laid the groundwork for both renewable energy generation and clean-tech manufacturing. A year on, it has attracted billions of dollars of investment. Gloria Gonzalez reports

  • Where is the value?

    07 May 2010

    Responsible investment is heading from the fringes of finance towards the mainstream. But the debate continues about whether it creates value. Barbara Evans makes the case for the defence

  • Playing the long game

    01 April 2010

    Competition among exchanges for a slice of the carbon trading pie remains fierce, despite pessimism about market growth. Christopher Cundy reports

  • Trading on sustainability

    01 April 2010

    Growing attention is focusing on the role that exchanges play in the sustainable investment value chain. Dan Siddy looks at the initiatives taken so far – and what more needs to be done

  • An easier path to green-tech patents

    01 March 2010

    Paul Craane explains how a US government programme can make it easier for clean technology entrepreneurs to secure vital patents

  • The adaptation imperative

    05 December 2009

    Companies will not only increasingly have to mitigate climate change, they will also have to adapt to it. But what questions should their shareholders be asking? Rory Sullivan, David Russell and Seb Beloe summarise the first report of its kind on the adaption question

  • Parched plants, risky investments

    05 December 2009

    Dana Krechowicz examines how two key sectors in South and Southeast Asia are being affected by water scarcity – and what investors should be doing about it

  • Being smart about IP

    01 November 2009

    For most clean-tech investments, intellectual property is fundamental to their value – making patent management crucial, says Mark Hilton

  • Singing the praises of industrial waste

    01 November 2009

    While industrial waste recycling doesn't share the glamour of solar energy or electric cars, it nonetheless offers enormous investment potential. Iyad Omari reviews the waste landscape

  • A lack of pressure?

    01 November 2009

    Carbon capture and storage remains one of the most contentious elements of international climate change policy. Paul Zakkour and Malcolm Wilson argue that cooperation is urgently required to get the technology moving