Analysis

• 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

• Why investors should look for carbon assurance

  01 April 2010

  Large listed companies are not providing sufficiently credible carbon data. Investors should look at assurance more closely, say Esther Rodriguez and Elizabeth Mattiuzzi

• The Wall Street revolutionary

  01 April 2010

  Jeff McDermott used to run investment banking at UBS – but now he's turning his 25 years of deal-making experience to the clean technology sector. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez

• Passage to India

  01 April 2010

  India's emerging energy efficiency markets present enormous opportunities for investors, say Sanjay Dube, Amit Khare and Bishal Thapa. They consider how firms should be positioning themselves

• The Russians are coming

  01 April 2010

  Ilya Golubovich of I2BF talks to Mark Nicholls about plans for a cleantech 'vulture fund' and why there's money in water

• Championing sustainability reporting

  01 April 2010

  Poor ESG disclosure is proving a drag on responsible investment into emerging markets. Lauren Compere, Mike Lombardo and Peter DeSimone explain how an investor initiative is aiming to improve reporting

• Rebuilding energy security

  01 April 2010

  Greg Clark sets out how a Conservative government in the UK would ensure the EU Emissions Trading Scheme underpins low-carbon investment

• The green bank bandwagon

  01 April 2010

  It is, it seems, an idea whose time has come. Support is building for the concept of government- backed 'green investment banks', which would use taxpayers' money to help move capital towards the low-carbon investments that will be needed to tackle climate change, helping to address market failures and focus early-stage investment.

• Will the EPA embrace cap and trade?

  01 April 2010

  The Environmental Protection Agency is likely to take the lead with greenhouse gas regulation in the US – but its recent history with emissions trading doesn't bode well for those hoping it will pursue cap and trade, says Allison Wood

• Time for a Green Development Mechanism?

  01 March 2010

  There is an urgent need to mobilise finance behind efforts to tackle biodiversity loss. Could a CDM-like offset mechanism be the answer, ask Julian Metcalfe and Francis Vorhies