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Trading Emissions PLC was incorporated in the Isle of Man on 15 March 2005 for the purpose of investing in environmental and emissions assets.
Through a public offering and listing on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market in April 2005, the Company raised £135m in capital. It is expected that the initial tranche of capital will be wholly invested by mid-2006.
The main investment objective is to make capital profits from purchasing emissions assets at appropriate prices. The core part of the portfolio is expected to be a long position in carbon assets, although some trading may take place. The Company also intends to invest in other selected emissions assets. In additions, the Company will seek to generate income from the provision of finance for selected programmes such as aggregation, monetisation, collateralisation and other innovative approaches to carbon trading markets.
Trading Emission’s investments will be in a range of environmental instruments with a strong focus on the units produced by projects developed under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) of the Kyoto Protocol. Such projects can generate tradable carbon credits known as Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in the case of CDM projects and Emissions Reduction Units (ERUs) in the case of JI projects.
CERs and ERUs can be used by companies to achieve compliance targets under Emissions Trading Schemes such as the EU ETS and by governments to meet commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. These units will be purchased on a forward contract basis, with payments made on delivery of the units.
Along with CERs and ERUs, Trading Emissions PLC is also acquiring rights to other tradable environmental commodities such as:
• Kyoto compliant units such as AAUs, t-CERs and l-CERs
• SOx credits from US Acid Rain Programme
• NOx credits from North American markets
• Carbon credits which qualify under the rules of the CCX
The Company is managed to be long only in environmental commodities with a view that these commodities will appreciate in value. The capital raised in the initial public offering is held with an AAA rated depository. As the Company allocates capital to emission reduction purchase agreements (ERPA) it enters into, project developers can be confident with the Company in meeting its ERPA commitments. Trading Emissions PLC is therefore a very strong counterparty in the market and its contracts can be used to leverage additional debt finance by project developers.
Trading Emissions PLC is an Isle of Man company with a board consisting of non-executive directors.
The board is advised by EEA Fund Management Limited an investment advisory firm based in the city of London.
EEA is also advisor to Climate Exchange PLC, an investment company listed on AIM. Climate Exchange PLC is the financing vehicle for the Chicago Climate Exchange and the European Climate Exchange:
Along with its investment advisors, the company can also call on the advisory panel to provide advice on key policy developments and assist in the origination of deals.
| Neil Eckert | Non-executive director |
| Robin Bigland | Non-executive director |
| Nigel Wood | Non-executive director |
| Philip Scales | Non-executive director |
| Malcolm Gillies | Non-executive director |
Company AddressThird FloorExchange House54-62 Athol Street
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Additional Address/Key ContactINVESTMENT ADVISOR |
Nominated AdvisorsCenkos Securities |