ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Partnerships between environmentalorganizations and the private sector arefairly new. They are an expression of aprofessional approach in theenvironmental movement and a privatesector vision of the environment as abusiness opportunity. Focusing on thefield of sustainable energy production,this article considers which functions thepartnerships perform and whichconditions determine their success. Theconclusion is that, although partnershipsmay shake up the market, their potentialis still constrained by their