Energy
Dr Ram Babu, CEO, and Satish Kashyap, co- founder and Director, General Carbon
As governments scramble to determine a successor to the Kyoto protocol, the carbon markets continue to experience uncertainty and turbulence. Dr Babu and Mr Kashyap of General Carbon explain their preparations for the new regulatory environment.
March 11, 2011Related by the tag Carbon Markets
Brokerage
Simon Greenspan, Gold and Silver Specialist, Tullett Brown
Tullett Brown launched in the midst of the financial crisis, when businesses and economies were collapsing and investors were radically changing their investment habits. Simon Greenspan discusses two of the biggest areas in the economic landscape – sovereign debt and climate change – and why they have focused Tullett Brown’s attention on precious metals and the carbon offset market.
March 19, 2012
Energy
Dan Barry, Global Director of Clean Energy, Gazprom Marketing and Trading
The Clean Energy department of Gazprom M&T is responsible for the energy giant’s carbon trading and actions on the emissions reductions markets. Mr Barry discusses his team’s role in Rimba Raya, the uniquely successful deforestation project, and the elephant that remains in the room for carbon markets.
July 23, 2011
ESG
Guilherme Valladares, CEO, Ambiental PV
Forest owners derive value from their property by consuming the forest and/or using the land in a variety of ways. To be successful, a market-based approach to conservation must present a competing financial return to these owners. Guilherme Valladares explains Ambiental’s operating model.
May 11, 2011Related by the tag India
ESG
Krishnakumar Natarajan and Rostow Ravanan, Mindtree
Before 1999, the Indian IT industry was an international posterchild for good corporate governance. Then the Satyam scandal hit, shaking the foundation of trust that investors and customers had placed in their overseas partners. Founded later that year, today Mindtree is one of the best software services companies in India, and has restored investors’ trust in the sector.
March 16, 2012
Tax & Legal
Vijay Sambamurthi, Founding Partner, Lexygen
India is a complex market for M&A and private equity. Cultural challenges – Indian business owners are often reluctant to surrender control – are compounded by regulatory ones – such as exchange controls and sector restrictions. In this context Lexygen is renowned for working on trend-setting, market-defining transactions. Vijay Sambamurthi discusses the importance of innovation in “Indianising” PE firms’ objectives and rationale.
February 13, 2012