Our Ethics Policy

We do not accept any form of compensation for mentioning a company or its products in our news stories, or for depicting a company or its products in photographs or illustrations.

As solar-power consumers, we support and encourage long-term investment in the development of the solar-electric industry in the United States and internationally. Writers and editors who contribute news or information to our website and who purchase or own investment securities, such as stocks, bonds and other financial instruments, of any company mentioned in the news stories to which they contribute, must agree to hold such securities for a minimum of one year.

Provided such securities have been held for at least one year, writers and editors must further agree not to sell, trade or donate the stocks, bonds, or other financial instruments of any company mentioned in any news story to which they contribute for a minimum of five business days after the story is published.

Last updated November 2009