Environment-Renewables
Asian Development Bank launches carbon fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a fund to provide capital to buy carbon credits at the outset of clean energy projects, after commitments from participants exceeded the $80 million needed for launch.
DIB offers sharia-compliant water note
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has launched a four-year sharia-compliant Principal Protected Water Note, which offers participation in a basket of 10 stocks linked to the water industry, including activities such as purification, desalination and waste…
Morgan Stanley
US Electricity House of the Year
GlobalView Software
Data Management House of the Year
Towers Perrin
Advisory Firm of the Year
JP Morgan
US Emissions House of the Year
Hans-Bernd Menzel
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Is the EU ETS working?
The EU's emissions trading scheme has created a massive oversupply of allowances for its first phase. Kjetil Røine and Henrik Hasselknippe ask whether the scheme is causing emissions reductions, whether there will be a sufficient shortage in Phase II and…
Evolution Markets
Emissions Europe House of the Year
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Emissions gain credit
Carbon finance
Micro scope widens
Micro-finance
JP Morgan signs up Deutsche Börse for nuclear custom index
Deutsche Börse has expanded its customised index range offering a World Nuclear Power Index for JPMorgan. The index will be offered exclusively by JPMorgan as an underlying for a range of structured products.
Survey reveals major energy buyers’ views and strategies
A pan-European price forecasting survey of 100 major energy users has revealed that only two fifths of respondents had a risk management policy - seen as essential when developing an energy procurement strategy.
Swiss Re closes European Clean Energy Fund
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the successful close of the European Clean Energy Fund, one of the largest funds of this type in Europe.
Corporate consolidation
Corporate risk
The missing link
With several countries now developing emissions trading schemes, UN-supervised project-based emissions credits could become the linking instrument that creates a global price signal for greenhouse gas abatement. But greater standardisation in the market…
The hidden costs of climate change
The business risks posed to energy companies by climate change go well beyond compliance with emissions reduction schemes. Most companies that have taken climate risks into account have only considered half the picture, says John Firth
Troubled waters
Nord Stream, the planned gas pipeline that will link the super giant Russian gas fields of Siberia directly with Europe, looks set to offer an important solution to the EU's energy security concerns. But even before under-sea construction has begun, the…
Impact of ethanol
Increased demand for ethanol in the US has led to predictions that biofuels will have a 30% share of global energy demand by 2030, writes Eric Fishhaut