Private sector investments
in green companies and technologies total more than $2.4 trillion
since 2007, according to the latest figures released by Ethical
Markets Media.

target=”_blank”>The Green Transition Scoreboard (GTS) counts
non-government investments and commitments for all facets of green
markets.

GTS researchers anticipate investments and commitments of $1
trillion annually until 2020, a figure many studies indicate will
successfully accelerate a global transition to a green economy.

Compared to the 2010 findings, global investors are slightly off
the mark to reach $10 trillion by 2020 but are still building
momentum. From 2007 through Q2 2011, GTS measured private sector
investments of $2,405,182,005,199 worldwide.

In an otherwise flat market, Corporate
R&D and Cleantech M&A are driving much of the green
economic growth.

“This updated total is noteworthy, as it comes in spite of
economic uncertainty,” says Hazel Henderson, President of Ethical
Markets Media and creator of the GTS.

This is the first GTS report to begin the process of including
R&D under $100 million, according to Timothy Nash, lead
researcher for the GTS.

“Deals under $100 million, while barely moving a barometer
tracking investments in trillions, are significant as they
demonstrate how thousands of different companies believe in the
economic soundness of greening industries,” says Nash.

“These diverse companies are all investing in making systems and
products more effective, using less energy and generating less
pollution throughout the life-cycle.”

For its next annual GTS report, Ethical Markets Media is
encouraging companies that can demonstrate tangible investments or
firm financial commitments to green R&D or projects to contact
the research team.

“In a Wall Street versus Main Street discussion, the GTS shows
how both types of investors increasingly are moving toward green
technologies and processes,” says Rosalinda Sanquiche, Ethical
Markets Media’s Executive Director and editor of the GTS
report.