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‘Radical Greening’ One Of Top Strategic Business Risks

“Radical greening” are two of the top 10 strategic business risks for 2008, according to a new study (PDF) by Ernst & Young. For the property/casualty insurance industry, and the utilities industry, potential climate change will have a...

Published 03-24-2008 8:45 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Climate, U.S., Automotive, Financial, Economics, Utilities, Predictions, Strategy & Leadership, Today's Green Trend

Banks Want ‘Carbon Principles’ Extended To Municipal Utilities

Bankers are discussing the development of lending guidelines - similar to the carbon principles issued by J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley that make it tougher for investor-owned utilities to get financing for coal-fired power plants -...

Published 03-20-2008 1:26 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Pollution, U.S., Financial, Fossil Fuels, Economics, Utilities, Coal, Finance & Reporting

Will Recession Derail Your CSR Efforts?

Two major corporate social responsibility question will be faced during the economic downturn, according to Ethical Corporation. Will consumers continue to pay a premium for ethical goods? One thing manufacturers have going for them is the consumer belief...

Published 03-19-2008 12:57 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Reporting, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Economics, Consumption, Finance & Reporting

NYMEX Starts Trading Emissions Contracts

The New York Mercantile Exchange and Evolution Markets opened The Green Exchange yesterday with futures trading based on emissions, including one linked to the ongoing European carbon market, Reuters reports. The first four contracts on the Green Exchange...

Published 03-18-2008 3:38 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: U.S., Financial, Economics, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting

Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference

The Wall Street Journal held its CEO-level “ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital” conference in California last week. Here are some of the highlights as reported on WSJ’s Environmental Capital. Wal-Mart: Lee Scott, president and...

Published 03-16-2008 4:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Biofuel, New Technology, Predictions, Nuclear, Strategy & Leadership

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a hearing on allegations that the White House intervened to water down new smog rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Published 03-15-2008 5:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Government, Manufacturing, Economics, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Utilities, Policy & Law

UK Green Budget Draws Fire

UK Chancellor Alistair Darling’s highly anticipated “green” budget didn’t please everyone, with many feeling that it fooled at the margins of environmental problems instead of addressing the long-term issue of climate change, The...

Published 03-13-2008 12:47 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Government, Economics, Policy & Law

Investors File 54 Global Warming-Related Shareholder Resolutions

U.S. investors have filed 54 global warming shareholder resolutions with U.S. companies, nearly doubling the number filed two years ago.Companies targeted in the 2008 proxy season include Dynegy in the electric power sector, Massey Energyin the coal sector...

Published 03-09-2008 9:18 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Economics, Finance & Reporting

Carbon Market Could Jump 56% To $92 Billion In 2008

The global carbon market will see 4.2 billion tons carbon emissions transacted during 2008, up 56 percent from last year, according to research from Point Carbon. At today’s prices, that would make the market worth $92 billion. The figures, published...

Published 02-27-2008 11:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Financial, Economics, Predictions, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting, Today's Green Trend

US Ready To Accept Binding Emissions Obligations

The U.S. is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to James Connaughton and Daniel Price, environmental and economics advisers to President Bush, BBC reports. The Bush administration...

Published 02-25-2008 2:22 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Global, Climate, U.S., Government, Economics, Policy & Law

Duke’s Carbon-Constrained Future

Duke Energy is the nation’s third-largest corporate emitter of carbon dioxide - after American Electric Power and Southern Co. Depending on what controls Congress passes on carbon emissions, that’s a potentially crippling threat for Duke,...

Published 02-22-2008 10:29 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Pollution, U.S., Economics, Electricity, New Technology, Utilities, Coal, Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

Investors Pledge $10 Billion To Fight Global Warming

U.S. institutional investors pledged to invest $10 billion over two years in technologies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to pressure companies to disclose their risks associated with climate change, Reuters reports. Hundreds of investors...

Published 02-17-2008 9:14 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Financial, Economics, Finance & Reporting

Prediction: $1 Trillion U.S. Carbon Market By 2020

The U.S. will be home to a $1 trillion carbon emission market by 2020 if federal and state policymakers continue on their current path towards a cap-and-trade program that is confined to domestic trading only, according to an analysis of bills before...

Published 02-16-2008 11:16 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Business-to-Business, U.S., Economics, Predictions, Policy & Law

Who Really Pays For CSR Initiatives?

Corporate CSR activities raise the cost of doing business and lower corporate productivity without a net benefit to free enterprise or the human condition, according to an Investor Business Daily article (via CNNMoney). According to the author, corporate...

Published 02-15-2008 2:39 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Economics, Finance & Reporting

Better Performing Companies Do Better On CSR

Companies that saw their share price rise by at least 50 percent in the last three years (share price climbers) place a greater importance on social and environmental goals than companies with share prices that have declined by more than 10 percent (share...

Published 02-15-2008 9:07 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Economics, Strategy & Leadership, Today's Green Trend

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