Analysis

  • Confronting Climate Risk

    15 September 2011

    Produced in association with the CDP, Confronting Climate Risk examines how businesses and investors are grappling with carbon emissions and climate risk

  • You don't need a weatherman

    13 September 2011

    Weather risk management veteran Marty Malinow talks to Jess McCabe about the slow evolution of a novel market

  • How the PRI is moving the needle

    12 September 2011

    The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment initiative is not without its critics – but, argues Julie Gorte, it is helping to change the direction of the investment world

  • Seizing the CCS opportunity

    08 September 2011

    Carbon capture and storage presents a myriad of unique challenges – but regulators and policy-makers are laying the foundations for a multi-billion-dollar global industry, say Brian Downie and Bree Miechel

  • Taking the plunge

    06 September 2011

    Investors and financiers are gradually becoming comfortable with investing in Europe's offshore wind industry. But will investment flow fast enough? Mark Nicholls reports

  • Google's latest search

    30 August 2011

    Google has become one of corporate America's largest investors in renewable energy. Gloria Gonzalez investigates

  • Cooking the books

    23 August 2011

    Are investors in China's solar sector at risk of accounting fraud? Joshua Speckman investigates

  • Investing for sustainable development

    28 July 2011

    From the UN PRI to the Equator Principles, the standards meant to make investment decisions more sustainable are too weak to work, argues the IIED's Emma Blackmore

  • Making an impact

    27 July 2011

    With growing amounts of private capital being directed towards sustainable development, great claims are being made for impact investing. But definitions are unclear and many institutional investors remain unwilling to engage. Graham Cooper reports

  • Raters under review

    26 July 2011

    The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings aims to do for ratings what the Global Reporting Initiative did for sustainability – and forge consensus from cacophony. Mark Nicholls reports