Archive

  • Don't discount the developing world

    01 November 2006

    Emerging markets offer more opportunities for socially responsible investors than many believe, says David Tozer

  • Contracting for a unified RECs market

    01 November 2006

    Jeremy Weinstein reviews progress made, and the ­challenges faced, in drafting a standard contract for trading renewable energy certificates

  • Integration or bust

    01 November 2006

    How can companies better communicate environmental, social and governance issues to the financial markets – and will the markets take them into account? Mark Nicholls reports from Zurich on an effort to answer those questions

  • Talking each other's language

    01 November 2006

    Developing a low-carbon economy will require a degree of communication between the private sector and government that is simply not yet happening, says John Ashton

  • Enlightened banking

    01 November 2006

    When it comes to moving the financial sector towards sustainability, it's all about a level playing field, and making sure everyone has the tools for the job, believes Martin Hancock. He talks to Mark Nicholls

  • To the third generation

    01 November 2006

    The Global Reporting Initiative may be nearly 10 years old, and on its third iteration, but the reporting it advocates is no less controversial. Jess McCabe reports from Amsterdam

  • Takara weather fund morphs into RenRe

    01 October 2006

    Weather and energy hedge fund Takara Capital Management has closed, but the business will continue within Renaissance Reinsurance, a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance group specialising in natural catastrophe risk.

  • CME considers Canada

    01 October 2006

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is considering expanding its suite of weather derivative products into Canada, according to Felix Carabello, director of alternative investment products at the exchange.

  • The fuels of the future?

    01 October 2006

    Production of biofuels is rocketing, underpinned by strong ­regulatory support. Ronnie Lim considers the prospects for the industry, and flags up some companies to watch

  • NOx cap-and-trade scheme brings down emissions

    01 October 2006

    Nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions in the eastern US fell 11% in 2005 compared with 2004, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, in its latest report on the NOx Budget Trading Program.