Analysis

• Contracting for a unified RECs market

  01 November 2006

  Jeremy Weinstein reviews progress made, and the ­challenges faced, in drafting a standard contract for trading renewable energy certificates

• Integration or bust

  01 November 2006

  How can companies better communicate environmental, social and governance issues to the financial markets – and will the markets take them into account? Mark Nicholls reports from Zurich on an effort to answer those questions

• Talking each other's language

  01 November 2006

  Developing a low-carbon economy will require a degree of communication between the private sector and government that is simply not yet happening, says John Ashton

• Enlightened banking

  01 November 2006

  When it comes to moving the financial sector towards sustainability, it's all about a level playing field, and making sure everyone has the tools for the job, believes Martin Hancock. He talks to Mark Nicholls

• To the third generation

  01 November 2006

  The Global Reporting Initiative may be nearly 10 years old, and on its third iteration, but the reporting it advocates is no less controversial. Jess McCabe reports from Amsterdam

• The fuels of the future?

  01 October 2006

  Production of biofuels is rocketing, underpinned by strong ­regulatory support. Ronnie Lim considers the prospects for the industry, and flags up some companies to watch

• An inconvenient state?

  01 October 2006

  California's climate change legislation marks a dramatic step forward in US efforts to tackle greenhouse gas ­emissions. Douglas Smith considers its implications

• Let a thousand wind farms bloom

  01 October 2006

  In wind energy, as in everything else, China is set to become a global giant. But the development of wind farms and a domestic turbine manufacturing base are far from plain ­sailing, as Michael Rank reports

• Doing something about disclosure

  01 October 2006

  September has become the month of carbon disclosure. At events around the globe – after a launch in New York on the 18th – the findings of the latest Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) were unveiled to the world.

• Wider, longer, deeper

  01 October 2006

  The EU Emissions Trading Scheme is not without its critics, particularly regarding its impact on competitiveness. But Paul Dawson argues that the answer is more, not less, ­emissions trading