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Electronics Recycling Report Card

This scorecard from the Electronics Takeback Coalition rates manufacturers of computers, TVs, printers and game consoles on their recycling efforts, and finds mediocre performance at best. Read More

How PACE Affects the Future Financing of Energy-Saving Projects

Although the growing momentum of PACE programs has been stifled by the FHFA, it's important to understand the effect of policy-enabled private financing programs on the ecosystem of stakeholders and how those implications will inform future financing efforts. Read More

10 Themes Driving Climate Change Investments

Despite the rocky economy, executives from around the world are anticipating a big upswing in how climate change will impact their firms' operations. Here is what's behind their climate strategies. Read More

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Mine the Gap: Connecting Water Risks and Disclosure in the Mining Sector

This paper outlines potential water-related risks facing the mining industry and highlights important gaps in water-related disclosure. Read More

Dow Jones Sustainability Index Adds Morgan Stanley, Cuts Shell

For the 11th year, SAM Indexes provides analysis of corporate sustainability leadership for the index that now contains 318 components. Read More

E-Waste Becomes a Top Priority for EPA Action

In a memorandum sent today to all EPA employees, Lisa P. Jackson laid out the agency's most pressing international priorities, with e-waste exports highlighted alongside climate change and clean water as the biggest challenges. Read More

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The Green Transition Scoreboard

Where did the more than $1.6 trillion in investments since 2007 in clean technologies and the green economy go? Read More

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Green Scissors 2010

This report from Friends of the Earth identifies more than $200 billion in wasteful government subsidies that are damaging to the environment and harmful to consumers. Read More

Did the Cash for Appliances Program Work?

It's been a huge success. It hasn't gone anywhere. Actually, it's a little of both -- depending on which state you look at. Read More

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How to Avert a $1.4T Commercial Real Estate Crisis

A tax deduction tied to specific energy reduction targets can create 1.3 million jobs while restoring credit capacity and liquidity in a commercial real estate market that faces a looming crisis, a new report says. Read More