Archive

  • An uncertain course

    01 February 2010

    Last year could have been so much worse in the voluntary carbon market, with trading underpinned by the prospect of climate legislation in the US, and persistent buying by committed corporate offsetters. However, the market faces an uncertain 2010. Gloria Gonzalez reports

  • The end of the market (as we know it)?

    01 February 2010

    The shape of the voluntary carbon market in the US is changing – and will change still further depending on how federal cap and trade plays out, says Lenny Hochschild

  • RWE in massive CO2 mis-statement

    05 December 2009

    German energy giant RWE overstated its own carbon dioxide emissions by 70 million tonnes – equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of Denmark – in a report this year because of a classification mistake.

  • SEC guidance to ease climate change resolutions

    01 November 2009

    Investors will now find it easier to demand climate change disclosures from US-listed companies, following a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision on 27 October.

  • Aviva calls for CDP to launch 'Carbon Mitigation Project'

    01 November 2009

    The chairman of financial services group Aviva has called for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to move from disclosure to mitigation – a proposal which was enthusiastically met by the CDP's chairman and CEO.

  • Singing the praises of industrial waste

    01 November 2009

    While industrial waste recycling doesn't share the glamour of solar energy or electric cars, it nonetheless offers enormous investment potential. Iyad Omari reviews the waste landscape

  • Economy fails to derail CDP response

    24 September 2009

    Dire economic conditions did not dissuade companies from voluntarily disclosing climate change risks and mitigation strategies, as a record number of top corporations replied to an annual survey conducted by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

  • World's biggest firms must double carbon cuts – CDP

    01 September 2009

    Many of the world's 100 largest companies are setting targets to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but they must double the pace of action to avoid dangerous climate change, a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and UK telecoms firm BT has concluded.

  • WM signs landmark deal for Chinese solid waste firm

    13 August 2009

    Waste Management (WM) will pursue waste-to-energy opportunities in China following its $140 million acquisition of a stake in Shanghai Environment Group (SEG) last week, believed to the single largest foreign investment in China's solid waste management sector.

  • Xstrata reports emissions increase in 2008

    11 June 2009

    Greenhouse gas emissions by Xstrata, the coal and metals mining giant, rose 7% in 2008 while the carbon intensity of its operations rose by 8%, but the company remains on track to meet its 2010 target for emissions intensity.