Analysis

• Circling the Equator

  01 June 2007

  Some banks appear to be dodging their commitment to the Equator Principles, says David Barnden – but it's proving ­difficult to hold them to account

• The beginnings of a plan

  01 June 2007

  Canada's new emissions plan may be tougher on industry than many environmentalists claim. But more will clearly be required across all sectors of Canadian society, says John Drexhage

• Cap and trade and more

  01 June 2007

  Pressure is building for a federal cap-and-trade scheme in the US to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. However, such a scheme is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for ­addressing the climate challenge, say Michael Northrop and David Sassoon

• A?question of credibility

  01 June 2007

  Asincere change of heart, or merely the latest cynical delaying tactic? Environmental NGOs are in little doubt: George Bush's apparent volte face on an international effort to tackle greenhouse gas emissions (see page 4) is, in the words of Friends of the Earth, a "charade". WWF argues that it "casts a long dark shadow over the G8 process".

• California green

  01 June 2007

  A new investment approach by two of California's largest ­pension funds could have more environmental impact than if the US were to join the Kyoto Protocol, say Christopher Murphy and Jonathan Naimon

• On the front line

  01 June 2007

  Entergy's customer base will be among the first to feel the effects of climate change, so the US utility is moving fast to limit its greenhouse gas emissions. Christopher Cundy reports

• Putting principles into practice

  01 June 2007

  Neil Daetwyler explains the evolution of the Equator Principles, and how project finance houses are putting them into practice

• Sustainable banking goes commercial

  01 June 2007

  A year after the launch of the IFC's Performance Standards, banks are rising to the challenge they set, says Rachel Kyte

• Investing responsibly

  01 June 2007

  One year after their launch, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment are now backed by investors managing $8 trillion. Rory Sullivan and Rachel Crossley consider how they are working in practice

• Solar flair

  01 June 2007

  Marcel Brenninkmeijer's early backing of tomorrow's solar giants has reaped vast rewards. Christopher Cundy asks him what's over the horizon