Archive

  • WEATHER RISK DEAL OF THE YEAR Origin Energy/Marsh wind and power hedge

    01 July 2009

    Wind farms are supplying an ever-growing proportion of the world's energy demand, but the feedstock – wind – is an unpredictable resource compared with fossil fuels and presents particular risk management issues for power suppliers, for whom not meeting delivery obligations could prove financially disastrous.

  • Counting the carbon

    01 July 2009

    The prospect of a federal cap-and-trade programme in the US and the imminent introduction of the Carbon Reduction Commitment in the UK means thousands more companies will soon need to measure and manage their GHG emissions. Elizabeth Jeffries looks at the response of software suppliers

  • Making quality count?

    01 July 2009

    With raw material costs plummeting and competition hotting up from low-cost Chinese producers, Q-Cells is hoping its customers will pay for quality. Greg Bousfield reports

  • Feeding a warming world

    01 July 2009

    The agricultural sector faces massive growth in demand for its products – in the teeth of significant impacts from climate change. However, the challenges present significant investment opportunities, say Bruce Kahn and David Zaks

  • Keeping a lid on costs

    01 July 2009

    The offset provisions of the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill provide a crucial means to lower its costs – but the Senate would do well to improve upon them, says Lisa Jacobson

  • Time to take risk

    01 July 2009

    Forget the recession – this is exactly the time that venture capitalists should be taking risks, especially in clean-tech, says sector exemplar Ira Ehrenpreis. He talks to Gloria Gonzalez

  • UK government faces judicial review over sustainability at RBS

    01 July 2009

    Three environmental NGOs have taken legal action against the UK government over its decision to bail out RBS without imposing environmental criteria on the bank's financing practices. This comes as a European investor coalition put forward proposals for governments to become more active shareholders in the banks they took stakes in as the financial crisis hit last year.

  • Wheb launches sister asset manager

    01 July 2009

    Wheb Ventures has launched a sister company to invest in listed equities set to benefit from their exposure to three 'megatrends' – water, climate change and demographic change.

  • New indexes to track green commodities, sustainability leaders

    01 July 2009

    Four index providers have announced new products focused on environmental commodities and companies that address environmental issues or show class-leading efforts on sustainability reporting.

  • DB funds to invest in low-emission companies

    01 July 2009

    Deutsche Bank has launched two global equity funds offering exposure to companies with low greenhouse gas emissions.