Finance minister Vicente Bengoa explains how DR-CAFTA’s system of tax-free exports to the US should help the country survive Chinese textile competition.
How can investment banks hope to match last year’s stellar performance? Some say that is impossible, but Geraldine Lambe picks out the products that others believe will bring them riches.
What does being a socially responsible company mean and how are successful banks integrating the principles of responsibility and accountability into their business models? The Banker’s round table explores the issues.
Financing common public goods such as measures to combat climate change and international financial instability requires multilateral co-operation between developing and developed actors, says Kemal Dervis.
Will opportunities in the emerging economies help soften the blow of an economic slowdown in the US? Or are environmental issues the primary concern of global banks? Silvia Pavoni questions nine top bankers about what 2007 holds for them.
Can markets succeed where tree-huggers failed? Geraldine Lambe reports.
John Wood discusses the interplay between the EU-ETS and the project mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol, as set out under the Linking Directive, and, in particular, the constraints placed on the use of project-based credits.
Climate change brings a new generation of risks, opportunities and responsibilities for the world’s financial markets, report Nick Robins and George Latham.
With the Phase I allowance price collapse earlier this year, has the EU got it all wrong on CO2 emissions? If so, what can Phase II do to tighten up the allocation process, ask Chris Leeds and Francisco Blanch at Merrill Lynch.
When Better World Now! (BWN!) was looking for a method to balance its profit driven conservation models it had to seriously consider how carbon trading would affect its business model.
The New Forests Company (NFC) is using CDM to help finance its reforestation of an area in western Uganda in its Namwara project.