Analysis

• Sustainability reporting: the next level

  12 May 2011

  The Global Reporting Initiative is working on its fourth iteration. Lisa French explains the what, why and how of G4

• Assessing the EBRD 20 years on

  12 May 2011

  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has an explicit environmental mandate. But, 20 years after its creation, how is it doing? There's plenty of room for improvement, says Pippa Gallop of Bankwatch

• Taking root

  10 May 2011

  David Brand has parlayed pioneering environmental market trades into a billion-dollar forest asset management company – but the real environmental upside is yet to come, he tells Mark Nicholls

• Practising what they preach

  10 May 2011

  Pressure is building on the investment community to disclose how its investments impact the environment – but more information does not necessarily mean better information, says Elliot Frankal

• From air miles to chair miles

  10 May 2011

  Frequent flyer schemes create incentives directly at odds with corporate climate change objectives. It's time to incentivise employees to stay put, say Michael Mainelli and Nick Noakes

• Building in benchmarks

  10 May 2011

  Governments are turning to private investors to help fund potentially massive building energy efficiency programmes – but financial markets need data and benchmarks, says Ron Dembo

• The challenges ahead for EU project bonds plan

  05 May 2011

  The European Commission plans to kickstart a market in 'project bonds', potentially helping to boost renewables investment – but it will have to tread carefully. Philippa Jones reports

• How the carbon markets are cleaning Africa's water

  19 April 2011

  Three projects in Africa are set to bring clean water to millions of families for the next decade, thanks to the income generated from selling carbon credits, reports Christopher Cundy

• A flood of capital?

  16 April 2011

  Water remains an attractive market, but private equity and venture firms say unlocking its potential means overcoming significant challenges.

• Planning for low(er)-carbon prosperity

  08 April 2011

  China's new Five-Year Plan is its first to include a target for the carbon intensity of the economy – but its energy and climate goals are more modest than many had hoped, with consolidation rather than revolution the order of the day. Joshua Speckman reports