Octogenarian Oxford grad returned to jail for not repaying profits from forest carbon investment fraud
An octogenarian Oxford alumnus has been handed a longer prison sentence for not complying with a confiscation order to repay ill-gotten gains from an investment fraud related to the reforestation carbon market.
Read MoreCarbon exchange ACX integrates BeZero offset ratings to enhance buyer confidence
Emissions bourse AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) has integrated carbon offset ratings service BeZero onto its platform to provide credit buyers more confidence and transparency with regards to their purchases, the two firms announced Monday.
Read MoreMore London carbon traders on the move
Gazprom’s trading arm has parted ways with its head of environmental products, while a London-based emissions trader at a carbon hedge fund appears to have left his role.
Read MoreTrading house opens Singapore carbon desk, former Shell traders join
A major Dutch-headquartered firm has become the latest trading house to expand its emissions business to the Asia-Pacific region, with at least two carbon traders joining from Shell.
Read MoreGlencore sets up Asian carbon desk, hires ex-BP traders
Commodity trading house Glencore has set up an emissions desk in Singapore, with a former BP carbon trader heading up operations.
Read MoreDisheartened by existing voluntary carbon offerings, market veterans launch ‘fair and transparent’ offset service
Amid a global voluntary carbon market it says is hamstrung by profiteering, criminal activity, and a lack of regulation, a team of market veterans has launched a new carbon offset firm with the goal of providing for its customers a ‘genuine, fair, and transparent’ path to net zero.
Read MoreS&P Global Platts carbon analyst joins DC-headquartered energy consultancy
The former director of emissions and clean energy analytics at S&P Global Platts has taken a director position at Washington DC-headquartered Rapidan Energy Group.
Read MoreAXA investment arm acquires voluntary carbon offset platform ClimateSeed
The investment management arm of insurance giant AXA has purchased voluntary carbon offset platform ClimateSeed from BNP Paribas.
Read MoreTrading house Mercuria launches new environmental products team led by oil major veterans
Swiss commodities trading house Mercuria has launched on environmental products, launching a new business led by veteran market players, many of whom have recently left oil majors including BP and Shell, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreIETA global policy specialist leaves for carbon market role at ICAP
A global carbon market policy specialist at IETA is set to leave the business association after seven years to join intergovernmental organisation ICAP.
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