How to play the cleantech theme

HOW TO INVEST IN CLEANTECH

There are a number of choices for investors wishing to benefit from the burgeoning cleantech sector. Joanna Faith looks at the options.

The cleantech investment story is underpinned by several worrying yet inevitable long-term global developments. The first, and arguably most significant, is climate change. Pressure to reduce the negative impacts our actions are having on the environment is forcing governments, corporates and consumers to consider cleantech solutions. But there is more to the story. Rising global populations and gentrified emerging markets are resulting in increased energy demand and clean energy is predicted to be the fastest-growing source of world supply. According to the International Energy Ag...