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Making the capital markets sustainable
01 October 2009There was a hope that the socially responsible investment (SRI) players of 1999 would lead the charge into the development of new sustainability strategies that would win the big mandates from the pension funds.
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Come wind, come sun
01 October 2009Climate change and energy security concerns have conspired to begin a revolution in how the world generates power. But its progress has been far from smooth, reports Jess McCabe
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A critical part of the energy mix
01 October 2009Looking forward five to 10 years, renewable energy is set to firmly establish itself as a critical part of the energy mix. The opportunity and requirements are huge, but we firmly believe the market is ready to deliver it.
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Biofuels boom and bust – and beyond?
01 October 2009It seems like a good idea; replace expensive and polluting fossil transportation fuels, often sourced from unstable parts of the world, with cleaner, home-produced biofuels made from plants.
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Whither goes the weather market?
01 October 2009The market for weather risk management products has been around for more than 11 years now, having survived the early decade implosion of the energy merchants that founded the market as well as the recent credit crisis and massive deleveraging that the financial markets have experienced over the past 18 months. I think it's safe to say that – barring draconian legislation out of Washington on financial market reform – weather risk management has established itself as a valuable proposition for companies and government entities around the world and is here to stay.
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WRMA survey – the whole truth?
01 October 2009Since 2001, the Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) has conducted an annual survey of the weather market, asking its members to disclose, anonymously, what deals they've done both on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and those negotiated privately over the counter (OTC).
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Opening the time capsule
01 October 2009Ten years ago in June, the International Emissions Trading Association was formed. Andrei Marcu, its former president, looks back over the decade that created the carbon market
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Solid success – but a shaky future
01 October 2009The use of cap-and-trade programmes to control acid rain and smog-forming emissions in the US has been a singular environmental and economic success, reports Daniel Chartier. But are they doomed?
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CAIR – the Clean Air Interstate Rule
01 October 2009In March 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) for the purpose of addressing the interstate transport of fine particulates and ozone within a 29-state region in the eastern US.
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Taking stock of the technology
01 October 2009Launched by the Impax Group in September 1999, the Environmental Technology 50 (ET50) index comprises the world's 50 largest pure-play environmental technology stocks.