This report from Hazel Henderson and Ethical Markets digs into the amounts invested in clean technologies and the green economy by the private sector, finding more than $1.6 trillion in investments since 2007.

The report breaks down investments in clean and green technologies into five categories, and shows their total investments since 2007 as follow:

• Renewable Energy ($1,147,940,000,000)
• Efficiency & Green Construction ($227,656,000,000)
• Cleantech ($51,877,240,371)
• Smart Grid ($111,331,000,000)
• Corporate R&D ($105,733,039,878)

The Scoreboard also shows year-over-year investments in each sector, which reveal that, despite the Great Recession, investments have stayed steady or grown for each category. Investments in Smart Grid technologies, for instance, grew from $17 billion in 2008 to $25 billion in 2009, and is on pace to reach $29 billion or more in 2010.

For more information about the Scoreboard, visit GreenTransitionScoreboard.com.