The 2012 edition of REN21's Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) was launched together with its sister publication UNEP’s Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment (GTR).
First released in 2005, REN21's Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown...
Driven by an increasing number of growth equity transactions, financing for water technology innovations is bouncing back after last year's dropoff, as firms seek to tap new opportunities arising from …
Lighting is a major consumer of electricity within commercial buildings, industrial and government facilities, traffic signals, and signs. The use of light-emitting diode (LED) products to lower energy usage and …
Water is becoming a hot topic for business, yet most companies don't know where to start in understanding and responding to water issues. This tool is designed to help companies …
China's build-out of "smart cities" is significantly smaller than suggested by the hype, but still represents a $153 billion opportunity across 54 projects, mostly in the southern and eastern provinces, …
The private equity industry response to the responsible investment agenda is evolving rapidly. A recent survey of the private equity industry found that this trend looks set to continue in …
This report investigates the global state of cleantech innovation in entrepreneurial start-up companies. We are currently faced with a range of climate, energy and economic challenges. Technology start-ups provide one …
By 2018 the world pure Smart Grid business will need to be running at $155 billion, some 50 per cent larger than the current annual expenditure for all electrical transmission …
This report follows up on the 2007 report by examining the most recent data and trends related to primary energy supply, final energy demand, electricity generation and demand, greenhouse gas …
Some business and economic opportunities only come along generationally -- a handful of times in a century. Like the harnessing of electricity, the development of railways, or the invention of …
The price returns of Korea's most sustainable companies since 2007 proof beyond doubt that sustainable investment is profitable, given the right research approach.