Analysis

• Nanotechnology moves into the marketplace

  28 February 2012

  Nanotech has the potential to transform the efficiency of a whole sweep of industrial sectors, says Ilya Golubovich

• Coming off the bottom?

  28 February 2012

  Could the recent falls in the cost of environmental insurance be over? While competition for business remains intense, insurers are pushing back against falling premiums. Gloria Gonzalez reports

• The integration game

  23 February 2012

  MSCI's head of ESG Remy Briand tells Mark Nicholls how the investment giant promises to take ESG integration to the next level.

• Oil and water

  21 February 2012

  Relatively few energy companies responded to the CDP Water Disclosure – but those that did reported high levels of exposure to water issues. Deloitte's Will Sarni considers the implications

• The big push for green bonds

  21 February 2012

  The creation of an environmental bond market has been frustratingly slow – but interest is building. Mark Nicholls reports

• Global Carbon

  16 February 2012

  Our new quarterly carbon markets and finance publication is now available FREE, online.

• Rio leads the way on cap and trade

  05 February 2012

  Rio de Janeiro is embarking upon an ambitious plan to cap and trade greenhouse gas emissions within the state. Walter Figueiredo De Simoni explains

• The case for clustering

  05 February 2012

  There has been an explosion of clean-tech clusters, promising to help accelerate the next generation of sustainable technologies. Peter Adriaens, Shawn Lesser and Ben Taube explain

• In limbo again

  05 February 2012

  Just two days before the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule was due to come into effect, a federal court slammed on the brakes. Gloria Gonzalez reports on latest dose of regulatory uncertainty for US utilities and emissions markets

• Eyes turn to adaptation finance

  05 February 2012

  Did the Durban climate talks begin to lay the foundations for adaptation finance mechanisms, asks Dirk Forrister