Chemicals
Uncertainty persists on chemical equations
The EU’s REACH directive has been greeted with howls of protest
from chemicals companies, but early movers could profit from
it, argues Steve Waygood More...
Renewable Energy
The dawn of a revolution
Did the recent Renewables 2004 conference herald a step change
in global energy policy – or were the promises empty rhetoric?
Mark Nicholls reports More...
How I see it by Richard Sandor
Anatomy of a market
The development of the SO2 market should reassure those worried
about the EU ETS
Weather Risk
Growth at the margins
Mark Nicholls reports from the annual
Weather Risk Management Association
conference
Emissions Trading
Allocation plans in the dock
Stefan Bakker considers what the
Commission’s rulings on the first national
allocation plans mean for the EU Emissions
Trading Scheme
Transport – Automotive
Building bridges to a low-carbon future
David Biello finds out how car manufacturers
are planning to drive down vehicle emissions
– without losing their customers
Transport – Aviation
Flying too close to the sun?
Aviation is coming under increasing environmental scrutiny.
Can it balance growth and sustainability, asks Roz Bulleid
Transport – Biofuels
Fuel from the fields
Biofuels have the potential to replace up to a
third of the petroleum used in road transport
by the end of the century. But can they be
made cost effective? Graham Cooper reports
Market View
A rollercoaster market
James Emanuel considers why the price of
allowances in the EU Emissions Trading
Scheme has fluctuated so wildly
Fund Management
Making connections at the UN
Some of the world’s largest financial organisations
have put their names to two groundbreaking
new reports on sustainable finance.
Ivo Knoepfel reviews their recommendations
Reporting
Disclosure under review
Regulation is replacing voluntary non-financial
disclosure. James Stacey looks at the lessons
that can be learnt from the UK’s Operating
Financial Review
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