•Valeurs Vertes : our financial chronicle, for the readers of the French Sustainable Development Magazine, completed in 2003 a series on publicly quoted eco-industry operators in various countries: “Around the world with 80 Green Stocks”. Latest subjects covered (in French):
•Financial Times : (May 2006) after “Lex” column on Renewable energy, we commented that the sector’s exposure to interest rates was similar for the nuclear industry, and that investing in conglomerates rather than “pure play” stocks might not be as safe as argued. (May 2006) reacting to announcement that "China abandons plan for green GDP index" as "virtually impossible to calculate", we argued that failing to quantify environmental problems will translate into higher environmental, social/health and eventually economic performance costs. (Oct. 2nd, 2003) letter to the Editor, following a column (“Blackout blues”) advocating more grid investment in the wake of power failures in Europe. We suggested that distributed generation might be a better answer.
•Commission de Régulation de l’Electricité : the French electricity regulator asked for comments during a consultation (summer 2003) on “Offshore wind farms” prior to a call for tender by the Ministry of Industry, due to take place at end 2003. Our input was taken into account in the final document issued at the end of the process.
