clean tech

Clean-tech sector grows

Environmentalists have generally come out in favour of Obama, and while  there is much similarity between the two presidential candidates on the environmental, with these issues, the details really matter.

Today was not a good day for the TSX  – down 500 points at the time of writing and its lowest close in four years. With the markets whipsawing daily, investors are looking for is a safe place for their money. The climate change sector could be that haven, according to a new report by Deutsche Asset Management.

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.