Finance & Investing

While green has become the new black and cleantech is now viewed as sexy, affordable housing -- as fundamental to societal well-being as energy security -- maintains a reputation as a dowdy old aunt. But that can change as new views emerge of the social return on investment provided by green, affordable housing. Read More

"Out of sight, out of mind" is no longer a viable IT asset disposition strategy, and a definitive taxonomy from research firm Gartner spells out which firms are best able to meet companies' needs for secure, responsible electronics recycling. Read More

Experts say it will cost $300 billion per year by 2020 to stop biodiversity loss, but the Global Canopy says that we are now only delivering between $36 billion and $38 billion per year. Read More

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

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

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

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

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

A number of big banks are under fire to stop funding mountaintop removal mining, and none more so than JPMorgan Chase, whose green talk doesn't match its stride. Read More

The head of one of the country's largest e-waste recycling companies offers effusive praise for Apple's new handheld computer, but for all the wrong reasons.. Read More