alternative energy

Six top green technologies being developed in Canada and abroad

Fears over dwindling supplies of energy, ‘peak oil’ and future spikes in fuel prices may be overblown

Big retail is suddenly hugging trees. Partly to look good, but also to save piles of cash.

It’s been just over a year since HSBC set up the first climate change index. This is an index of 390 companies that profit from tackling global warming. The firms were from a range of fields including renewable energies, biofuels, carbon trading, power storage and building insulation.