HOW I SEE IT BY RICHARD SANDOR
AND THE BEAT GOES ON
Dutch utility Nuon is buying carbon credits from a landfill
gas recovery project in North America. Such projects could
yield substantial savings in greenhouse gas emissions.
REPORTING - Ricardo Bayon reports
IS THE SEC RAISING THE DISCLOSURE STAKES?
Could a letter from the SEC open the floodgates to the disclosure
of non-financial information? More ...
KYOTO PROTOCOL
SAVING THE AGREEMENT
What happens if the US can’t be brought back into the
Kyoto fold before COP 6 bis? Frank Joshua considers the options
KYOTO PROTOCOL
PRONK UNDER PRESSURE
COP 6 president Jan Pronk is under increasing pressure to
broker a climate deal in Bonn in July. Mark Nicholls reports
SPECIAL REPORT RENEWABLES
AN ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS
Broker research on renewable and alternative energy firms
has gone from dearth to deluge. Mark Nicholls reports on who’s
doing what. More ...
PROFILE:
BIOSCAN - Where there’s waste there’s brass
While conventional renewable energy companies are firmly
on investors’ radar screens, newer technologies from
smaller companies could provide the next phase of growth.
Caspar Henderson talks to Danish biogas company Bioscan
GREEN CERTIFICATES
EUROPEANS TEST CERTIFICATE TRADING
Chris Crookall-Fallon and Tim Crozier-Cole report on a recent
Europe-wide simulation of green certificate trading
PROFILE:
DCH TECHNOLOGIES - Fuel cells from the bottom up
Mention fuel cells, and companies like Ballard and Plug Power
spring to mind. But smaller firms such as DCH Technologies
are carving out niches which could prove lucrative for investors.
Caspar Henderson reports
REPORTING
JAPANESE DISCLOSURES SET THE PACE
While their environmental reports may lack originality, Japanese
companies are generating comprehensive and comparable data.
Chris Knight and Paul Scott report
MARKET VIEW
LEADING THEWAY IN GHG REDUCTIONS
While Washington ponders its GHG policy, US states are pressing
ahead with emissions reductions initiatives, says Anne Egelston
CARBON SINKS
GOING UNDERGROUND
Planting trees is not the only way to remove carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere. Storage underground can be more attractive
for the oil industry, say Nick Riley and Chris Rochelle
WEATHER RISK
A WIDER WEATHERNET
Why aren’t a wider range of companies hedging their
weather exposures? Emily Saunderson reports
RISK MANAGEMENT
CONTAMINATION RISES
Companies would be well-advised to check up on pollution
on their sites – before the authorities do. Cliff Warman
explains
PROFILE
PENNY SHEPHERD
Penny Shepherd has done much to raise the profile of socially
responsble investment in the UK – now her sights are
set on Europe
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