Zurich, a leader in political risk and trade credit insurance in emerging markets, today announced it is providing political risk insurance (PRI) for carbon credit projects. This is the first time Zurich has offered coverage for these types of "green" projects in emerging markets, reflecting the Group's recently launched global climate initiative focusing on the myriad of risks associated with ... Read more »
Zurich´s Emerging Markets Unit Provides Political Risk Insurance for Carbon Credit Projects (wallstreet:online AG)
Zurich, a leader in political risk and trade credit insurance in emerging markets, today announced Read more »
Zurich’s Emerging Markets Unit Provides Political Risk Insurance for Carbon Credit Projects (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----Zurich, a leader in political risk and trade credit insurance in emerging markets, today announced it is providing political risk insurance for carbon credit projects. Read more »
TFS Energy Launches its TFS Green Finance Division (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
TFS Energy, a leading interdealer broker and subsidiary of Compagnie Financiere Tradition, today announced it officially launched TFS Green Finance, a division that provides clients with a comprehensive range of merchant banking and brokerage solutions for the environmental markets. Read more »
Destination Resorts Hawaii Goes Green and Offers an Environmental Vacation Package to Maui (PRWeb)
Destination Resorts Hawaii offers a new environmentally friendly Hawaii vacation special that gives a $250 carbon credit with each green vacation booked. (PRWeb Feb 20, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb706093.htm Read more »
20-02-2008: Aseambankers explores expansion modes (The Edge Daily)
KUALA LUMPUR: Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd is weighing various options to expand its investment banking business in markets where its parent Malayan Banking Bhd is already present. Read more »
Japan Considers Launch of `Cap-and-Trade’ Emission Structure (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's government is considering introducing a cap-and-trade system to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions for companies and encourage trading in carbon credits. Read more »
Canadian province to tax pollution (International Herald Tribune)
The British Columbian government said it plans to impose a comprehensive carbon tax, dismissing fears that the fees to fight climate change will hurt the economy. Read more »