Energy and commodities

Through its specialist brand Energy Risk, Risk.net promotes best practice in the complex world of energy risk management. For 30 years, it has tracked key developments: from the arrival of quantitative models from financial markets to today’s cutting-edge, sector-specific tools; from the highs and lows of the oil price to the spread of carbon trading and renewables. Managing energy risk has a new urgency today due to the imperatives of the energy transition. It is vital that producers, consumers, traders and investors access the information they need to understand the risks and opportunities lurking throughout the energy system.

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Next-generation ESG derivatives

Amid increasing concern for the future of the planet, the demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has grown significantly. As such, global investors are looking for tools to support the development of sustainable portfolios. ESG…

Green midstreamer powers ahead

Unique green capabilities and a ‘glocal’ strategy are behind the firm’s strong performance in this year’s Energy Risk Commodity Rankings, believes Mircea Caratas, chief commercial officer, ENGIE Global Energy Management

Powering through tough times

Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ dominant position in Energy Risk’s 2021 Software Rankings reflects its deep understanding of current market challenges

2021 brings big changes to the carbon market landscape

ZE PowerGroup Inc. explores how newly launched emissions trading systems, recently established task forces, upcoming initiatives and the new US President, Joe Biden, and his administration can further the drive towards tackling the climate crisis

Managing commodity risk in turbulent times

Faced with today’s razor-thin margins, firms must be able to monitor all risks holistically, in real time and to hedge effectively. This brings technological challenges, and many firms are now grappling with issues such as getting the right datasets,…

The advance of analytics

Machine learning is coming to analytics but there are hurdles to overcome first, says Aiman El‑Ramly, chief operations officer at ZE PowerGroup

Making technology count in a C/ETRM world

As businesses grow, so does their need for modern, agile and cost-effective commodity/energy trading risk management (C/ETRM) solutions. Pioneer Solutions explores how its next-generation, highly configurable C/ETRM systems take advantage of the latest…

The RPA revolution

Doug Wendler, chief executive of Machina Automation, explains the increasing popularity and uptake of robotic process automation (RPA), focusing on how it has recently evolved and how it is expected to continue this evolution, and whether RPA’s…

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