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No place like this
10 May 2010Ontario'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
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Where is the value?
07 May 2010Responsible 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
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Playing the long game
01 April 2010Competition among exchanges for a slice of the carbon trading pie remains fierce, despite pessimism about market growth. Christopher Cundy reports
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Trading on sustainability
01 April 2010Growing 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
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An easier path to green-tech patents
01 March 2010Paul Craane explains how a US government programme can make it easier for clean technology entrepreneurs to secure vital patents
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The adaptation imperative
05 December 2009Companies 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
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Parched plants, risky investments
05 December 2009Dana 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
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Being smart about IP
01 November 2009For most clean-tech investments, intellectual property is fundamental to their value – making patent management crucial, says Mark Hilton
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Singing the praises of industrial waste
01 November 2009While 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
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A lack of pressure?
01 November 2009Carbon 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