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How U.S. Federal Climate Policies Could Affect Chemical Companies’ Credit Risk

By Robert Kimball on February 22, 2011

New analysis from WRI and rating agency Standard & Poor’s looks at impacts on businesses and credit quality.

PRESS RELEASE: Study Finds Federal Climate Policy Scenarios Would Have Modest Credit Impacts for Most U.S. Chemicals Subsectors

February 15, 2011
Location: NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.

S&P, WRI Release Report on Climate Policy Scenarios and the US Chemicals Industry

Growing Optimism for “Impact Investing”

By Tracy Elsen and Leticia Gasca on December 7, 2010

Is it possible to do good in the world while also making a profit? A growing group of investors, known as “impact investors”, believe that it is.

Q&A: Kirsty Jenkinson on New Ventures and Environmental Entrepreneurship

By Kirsty Jenkinson on November 15, 2010

Kirsty Jenkinson talks about how New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship, helps environmentally-focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets compete in a global economy.

NEWS RELEASE: New Financial Product Provides Financing Boost to Energy Efficiency Projects in India

October 7, 2010
Location: MUMBAI, INDIA

A new financial product aimed at driving investment into energy-efficiency projects performed by Indian energy service companies (ESCOs) is being launched this week by the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Clean Energy Solutions Bringing Light to Millions of India's Poorest Households

By Jonathan Lash and Jessica Seddon Wallack on September 29, 2010

The under-served rural Indian market offers opportunities for investors to support the sustainable energy solutions of the future.

Q&A: Clean Energy for India’s ‘Base of the Pyramid’

By Saurabh Lall on September 28, 2010

WRI’s new report, in collaboration with CDF-IFMR, looks at the market potential for clean and renewable energy in rural India.

Expanding the Market for Clean Energy in Rural India

By Saurabh Lall, Santosh Singh (CDF-IFMR) and Sreyamsa Bairiganjan (CDF-IFMR) on September 1, 2010

SBA Hydro is just one of the many companies starting to bring clean energy to India’s rural poor.

Minding the Sustainability GAAP

By Janet Ranganathan and Linnea Laestadius on August 26, 2010

Limited transparency around corporate sustainability risks can lead to investments that are bad for the environment, and investors’ bottom lines.

New Website and Survey Look Behind-the-Scenes at Ecolabels’ Environmental Claims

By Jeff Rodgers on July 1, 2010

Ecolabelindex.com allows consumers and companies to compare green certifications side-by-side.

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