Analysis

• Renewable energy: Wind picking up?

  01 December 2009

  Recent months have seen the renewables markets begin to pull themselves out of the doldrums. Jess McCabe finds the winners in the renewable energy categories of the Environmental Finance market survey in optimistic mood

• US emissions: An air of uncertainty

  01 December 2009

  A combination of the recession and regulatory uncertainty have cast a dark cloud over US emissions markets. Gloria Gonzalez hears the concerns of a market in limbo

• Weather & Cat Risk: The storm passes by

  01 December 2009

  Depression hit the weather and catastrophe risk markets in 2009, but a recovery is under way and the underlying business remains strong. Christopher Cundy reports

• Comply or explain

  01 November 2009

  It's time that lised companies report on their environmental, social and governance performance, or explain why not – and listing authorities need to lay down the law, says Paul Abberley

• 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

• In readiness for favourable winds?

  01 November 2009

  Foreign investors have had mixed fortunes in China's wind energy sector – and have struggled to compete under its concession system. But could the picture be set to change with recent policy shifts, ask Christian Zeppezauer and Connie Carnabuci

• 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

• Cleaning up in private equity

  01 November 2009

  Robeco's Andrew Musters will soon be drumming up business for Robeco's latest fund that aims to marry private equity and sustainable investing. He talks to Jess McCabe

• Managing natural capital

  01 November 2009

  The planet's ecosystems and biodiversity are under threat as never before – posing risks to companies that rely upon them. But, say Annelisa Grigg and Susan Steinhagen, few are properly managing those risks

• How emissions markets should work

  01 November 2009

  As Congress grapples with the most complex emissions trading legislation ever tabled, the Environmental Markets Association has set out core principles that could help guide their deliberations, says Thaddeus Huetteman