Analysis

• Clean energy at the crossroads

  10 November 2011

  With federal support for renewables under assault, the industry needs to look to the private sector for its next phase of growth. But is it ready? Gloria Gonzalez reports

• Forest Footprint Disclosure

  10 November 2011

  Published in association with the Forest Footprint Disclosure project, this special report examines investment, transparency and corporate efforts to tackle deforestation.

• Is environmental private equity coming of age?

  24 October 2011

  Magnus Goodlad considers, after 10 years of private equity investment in environmental technology, how far the sector has come

• Unpaving the way for green infrastructure

  24 October 2011

  Philadelphia is experimenting with a novel approach to attract private finance to address stormwater run-off – which could form the basis of run-off credit programmes. Alisa Valderrama explains

• Looking for leverage

  24 October 2011

  There is a chronic need for finance for low-carbon infrastructure and companies – yet a dearth of suitable investment products, Green Investment Bank adviser Dima Rifai tells Mark Nicholls

• What future for Asia's carbon markets?

  19 October 2011

  China and India have led the way in supplying carbon offsets into European and Japanese markets but, as the end of 2012 looms, it's all change for Asia's emission reduction project developers. Joshua Speckman reports

• Engaging with water risk

  19 October 2011

  For most investors, a detailed bottom-up assessment of water risk across hundreds of companies is likely to be impossible. Enter a new tool to assess corporate responses to water risk and opportunity. Brooke Barton and David Hampton explain

• Wrapping its arms around REDD+

  18 October 2011

  South-east Asia is becoming a laboratory for REDD+ projects, policies and regulations. Joe Heffernan surveys the landscape

• The future of sustainability

  14 October 2011

  Progress towards a more sustainable global economy has been painfully slow - but could it be about to speed up? Environmental Finance and Irbaris asked a roundtable of finance experts to peer into their crystal balls. Mark Nicholls reports

• Sustainability calling

  13 October 2011

  London is a city with world-class ambitions for sustainability.  But it's a case study of the challenges of implementation. Jess McCabe reports