Analysis

  • US emissions: An air of uncertainty

    01 December 2009

    A combination of the recession and regulatory uncertainty have cast a dark cloud over US emissions markets. Gloria Gonzalez hears the concerns of a market in limbo

  • Weather & Cat Risk: The storm passes by

    01 December 2009

    Depression hit the weather and catastrophe risk markets in 2009, but a recovery is under way and the underlying business remains strong. Christopher Cundy reports

  • 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

  • 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

  • How emissions markets should work

    01 November 2009

    As Congress grapples with the most complex emissions trading legislation ever tabled, the Environmental Markets Association has set out core principles that could help guide their deliberations, says Thaddeus Huetteman

  • The changing drivers of solar markets

    01 November 2009

    Marc van Gerven and Philipp Kunze examine how models of solar sector support are changing – and must change – as the technology approaches grid parity