Voluntary
Getting IT right
With voluntary carbon markets growing rapidly, registries are springing up to facilitate trade. Many companies, however, have not begun the crucial work of developing such internal systems. William J Scotti of Meradia Group offers some suggestions
Dow Jones and CCX launch emissions indexes
Index provider Dow Jones Indexes and Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), have launched two new carbon credit price indexes.
CantorCO2e launches VER initiative
Environmental broker CantorCO2e has launched a new venture, the Social Carbon Company, to provide advice and carbon management services to project developers in the Verified Emission Reduction (VER) market.
Jerome Malka
Jerome Malka, managing director of SG's Orbeo, may have risen rapidly through the ranks, but he doesn't want to make a big deal of it, finds Andrew Holt
Flight to quality
As volumes grow and investor sophistication increases, the US voluntarycarbon markets are demanding higher quality products and greaterregulatory oversight. David Watkins reports
TFS Energy launches Green Finance Division
TFS Energy has launched TFS Green Finance, which aims to provide clients with merchant banking and brokerage solutions for the environmental markets.
Bank of America and Climate Exchange call off joint venture
Bank of America and Climate Exchange, parent company of the Chicago Climate Exchange and European Climate Exchange, have scrapped plans for a formal joint venture.
NYSE Euronext and Caisse des Dépôts launch carbon exchange
NYSE Euronext and French state bank Caisse des Dépôts have announced the launch of Bluenext, an international exchange that will operate markets in carbon emission allowances and credits.
Amerex forms REC purchasing partnership with Aramark
Amerex Brokers has formed a partnership with professional services firm Aramark Corporation to provide clients with an array of energy services, including the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs).
Onward with offsets
Awareness of the effect of carbon emissions on climate change has driven growth in the market for voluntary carbon offsets. So who is getting involved, and why? Roderick Bruce finds out
Renewed interest
Green certificate trading is growing in Europe, as renewable power generators seek to exploit consumer demand for green energy. But market design could be improved, as Oliver Holtaway reports
Asian Development Bank launches carbon fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a fund to provide capital to buy carbon credits at the outset of clean energy projects, after commitments from participants exceeded the $80 million needed for launch.
GE and AES plan GHG offset partnership
Global power company AES and GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), a unit of General Electric, are to create a partnership to develop greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects in the US.
CO2 venture launches in US
Blue Source, a US-based company which invests in carbon reduction projects and supplies offsets, has teamed up with private equity firm First Reserve to create the first US venture to reduce CO2 emissions across the energy, manufacturing and…
Climate Change Capital creates world's largest private carbon fund
Climate Change Capital (CCC), a UK-based investment bank that focuses on investment in clean energy and a low carbon economy, announced this morning that it has created the world's largest private sector carbon fund.
Money for old smoke
Despite the lack of mandatory, standardised carbon trading in Asia, interest is growing fast. And several trading initiatives are under way, finds Joe Marsh