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SAM names sustainability leaders
01 October 2008Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) has given Yvon Chouinard, co-founder of outdoor clothing and gear firm Patagonia, its annual sustainability leadership award. Hunter Lovins, founder and president of Natural Capitalism, and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, was recognised with its sustainability pioneer award.
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EU ETS may cost airlines €3 billion a year
01 October 2008Airlines could be landed with a bill of €3 billion ($4.2 billion) a year once they are included in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to a report by Merrill Lynch.
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Beyond CAIRing?
01 September 2008The US courts have shattered the programme to control power plant SO2 and NOx pollution via emissions trading. Plans are under way for a quick fix, but massive uncertainties lie ahead, reports Christopher Cundy
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If they must meddle…
01 September 2008Government intervention to ensure environmental outcomes is often misjudged and market-distorting. But if they must intervene, clean-tech investor Richard MacKellar suggests how
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Peering through the smoke
01 September 2008It's no way to run an environmental market. It's no way to run any kind of market. Since July, the US markets for sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) allowances have been in crisis, following an unexpected judicial decision that threw out pretty much the entire underpinning of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strategy on the two pollutants.
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Feeling the cold?
01 September 2008One year on, and the banking sector's recovery from the credit crunch seems no closer. So what does this mean for their emerging environmental markets businesses? Tricia Holly Davis reports
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More action than meets the eye?
01 September 2008India's recently unveiled climate change action plan disappointed many foreign observers. But, say Bishal Thapa and Ritika Goel, they should look again
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The age of substantiation
01 September 2008Companies meeting commitments to corporate social responsibility using the voluntary environmental markets are driving the latter's triple-digit growth. But, say John Melby and Reiner Musier, it's not just about doing the right thing – it's about being able to prove it
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Why it's still time to invest in carbon
01 September 2008The 'low-hanging fruit' may have been picked, and the 2012 Kyoto deadline is fast approaching. But, argues Adrien Assous, carbon remains a highly attractive alternative asset
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Lessons from China to the City
01 September 2008Engagement with China on its human rights, governance and environmental record can inform engagement with multinational corporations, and vice versa, says Peter Kinder