Follow the money, CleanBiz.Asia, Gerry O’Kane China is looking at ways to bring in a system of absolute carbon dioxide caps and considering its own voluntary carbon trading program. There has been speculation for some time now that China would implement such a scheme and last week Reuters reported the director general of the...
August 16, 2011 By; Gerry O’Kane CleanBiz.Asia The announcement of a new wind turbine deal in Vietnam might also highlight the ever-increasing tensions over the resources around the islands of the South China Sea. US-based Xzeres has announced a substantial wind power system order from an unnamed customer in Vietnam. The specialist in small...
CleanBiz.Asia, Gerry O’Kane Reports out of Australia indicate that Malaysia is the latest country to plan its own sustainability standard for palm oil producers. The move, however, could cause further confusion over any sustainable label on palm oil products and the justification of the move also calls into question the government’s commitment to genuine...
Cleanbiz.asia, July 13, 2011 New research from the UK could prove useful to China’s urbanisation drive and push for low-carbon economic development. Published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, the research shows that plants, but in particular trees, make a significant contribution in capturing carbon emissions in their local environment. This is believed to...
Follow the money CleanBiz.asia, July 22nd, 2011 There was a valuable lesson to be learned from last week’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) – primarily that multilateral organisations set up to conserve, protect and create sustainable policies for the world are all too vulnerable to vested interests at best, and corruption, at...
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Gerry O’Kane looks at growth in e-FX throughout the Middle Eastern markets and how resistance to electronic systems is changing rapidly in the fast shifting economic and socio political geography of the region. Only five years ago there was an acceptance in most of the international banking community with operations in the Middle East,...
Follow the Money CleanBiz Asia, Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 It seems not even the prestige of winning, not one, but two high-profile contracts to provide fleets of electric buses to Singapore and Frankfurt could help Chinese rechargeable battery and auto maker BYD Company raise what it expected from the Shenzhen markets. As CleanBiz.Asia pointed...
