Analysis

• Following the money

  01 June 2007

  Sustainability pledges – in both cash and commitments – are proliferating across the banking sector. But what does sustainability mean in practice? Jess McCabe reports

• Not waiting for the kick-off

  01 June 2007

  The timing and nature of federal climate legislation may be exercising Capitol Hill but, on Wall Street, the jockeying for position in the US carbon market is well under way. Trevor Curwin reports

• What's in your portfolio?

  01 May 2007

  US investors are beginning to wake up to the ­climate risks that may be lurking in their ­portfolios – and are calling on Congress to introduce some certainty on climate into the investment environment, says Mindy Lubber

• Looking east

  01 May 2007

  Rabo India's Rajesh Srivastava is enthusiastic about the opportunities in renewable energy – and has a sustainable banking message for the region

• A focus on focus

  01 May 2007

  European clean technology venture investors would better serve entrepreneurs – and their limited partners – if they ­specialised more, argues Mark Cropper

• A breakthrough in Europe's markets?

  01 May 2007

  European utilities are beginning to catch up with their US peers when it comes to managing weather risk, says Jens Boening. And, given this year's mild winter, those who have hedged will have done well

• A new chapter in accountancy standards

  01 April 2007

  New accounting rules in North America and Europe will lead to a revolutionary expansion in environmental disclosure. Paul Watchman and Angela Delfino explain

• Stretch targets

  01 April 2007

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is fast cementing her position as Europe's greenest leader. At the EU's Spring Summit last month, she surprised many observers by securing a legally-binding commitment for the bloc to hit a 20% renewable energy target by 2020.

• Dipping their toes in

  01 April 2007

  Some see carbon as merely the first of a whole range of ­markets for ecosystem services. But, as Sissel Waage and Emma Stewart found, the corporate world is approaching with caution

• Managing the mosaic

  01 April 2007

  US environmental commodity markets are growing, but are fragmented, and likely to remain so in the near term. Success will require coming to terms with their complexity, argue Bob Shults and Reiner Musier