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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
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AIG Investments culls sustainability team
29 October 2009AIG Investments is shedding its sustainable investment division, following its acquisition by Pacific Century Group, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm.
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Soros to invest $1bn in clean-tech
15 October 2009Billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros has said he will invest $1 billion in clean technology, in a bid to tackle climate change.
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Robeco raising third clean-tech fund
15 October 2009Dutch investment manager Robeco is raising capital into its third clean-tech private equity fund-of-funds, according to its global head of private equity.
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FRR calculates climate risk to asset classes
08 October 2009Long-term investors should consider shifting out of equities and into bonds, unless they believe ambitious efforts to tackle climate change are likely, a working paper by French pension fund Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) suggests.
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Corrected: Industry questions Commission's CCS shortlist
08 October 2009The European Commission has proposed a list of six carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to receive a total of €1.05 billion ($1.6 billion) in funding, but industry representatives are concerned about the lack of transparency involved in the selection procedure.
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US government watchdog suggests ethanol tax credit unneccesary
07 October 2009The top US government watchdog has cast doubt on the necessity of federal ethanol subsidies, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
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Moving into the mainstream
01 October 2009Ten years ago, most investors dismissed environmental issues out of hand. Now, the evangelists and the specialists have been joined by the investment mainstream. Mark Nicholls reports