Archive

  • 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

  • VAT clampdown leads to carbon market's first quarterly drop

    01 November 2009

    Both the value and the volume of carbon trading fell between the second and third quarters this year, under the twin effects of recession and a clamp-down on value-added tax (VAT) fraud.

  • Centrica's $1.2bn offshore bet shows bank caution

    01 November 2009

    UK utility Centrica has announced plans to invest £725 million ($1.2 billion) in an offshore wind farm, and has refinanced part of its existing renewables portfolio with a consortium of 14 banks.

  • Investors discounting Copenhagen climate talks

    01 November 2009

    Investors are downplaying the importance of the forthcoming Copenhagen talks in terms of providing a boost for – or harming the performance of – low-carbon stocks.

  • Counting on Copenhagen?

    01 November 2009

    Everywhere you look, concerned environmentalists are warning that we have two months, 50 days, 45 days – and soon, less than a month – to save the planet.

  • 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