Analysis

  • Eggshells or bombshells for clean-tech in 2012?

    08 December 2011

    Dallas Kachan gives his predictions for the clean-tech sector in 2012, with plenty of eggshells overshadowed by one big possible bombshell

  • Price under pressure

    25 November 2011

    The latest collapse in the carbon price is once more raising profound questions about the future of the EU's trailblazing emissions trading programme. Mark Nicholls reports

  • Why transport emissions are the key to Durban

    24 November 2011

    A deal on greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping and aviation sectors could form the basis of a deal at Durban, says Mark Lutes of WWF

  • Environmental finance goes global

    22 November 2011

    Citi's new head of environmental finance sees a global market unfolding – and has an eye on the debt capital markets and retail investors to provide the money. He talks to Mark Nicholls

  • Why sustainability is going private

    17 November 2011

    The private equity industry is perfectly positioned to profit from the improved ESG performance of the companies in which it invests – and is waking up to the possibilities, says Adam Black

  • International Carbon Markets – Looking to Durban to deliver

    15 November 2011

    Will the international climate talks help lay the foundations of the next stage of growth in the world's carbon markets – or will deadlock further hit fragile sentiment? A special report from Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance

  • Setting the standard for climate bonds

    14 November 2011

    After more than a year in development, this month sees the launch of a novel initiative to certify the environmental claims of climate bonds. Padraig Oliver and Sean Kidney explain

  • The critical metals opportunity

    14 November 2011

    The world's waste streams present a potentially lucrative opportunity for critical metal recovery. Nicholas Morley and Tom Whitehouse explain

  • Introducing the SFO

    14 November 2011

    'Sustainability finance organisations' can help the public sector attract large volumes of private finance into energy efficiency, renewable energy and emission reduction projects. C Baird Brown explains

  • Looking to the long term

    10 November 2011

    APG's Claudia Kruse talks to EF about the Dutch pensions giant's commitment to sustainability