Advisory and Research Services
Natsource Advisory and Research Services professionals helped create many of the trading systems designed to reduce conventional and greenhouse gas pollution and the emission reduction credits used in these markets. Natsource leverages this expertise to: (1) evaluate greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy project opportunities for Natsource Asset Management; (2) estimate the value of the commodities created by these projects; (3) assist asset managers and private firms in assessing the effects of new environmental regulations on their businesses and develop strategies to minimize costs and seize opportunities; (4) provide information on pricing, and supply and demand dynamics in the markets; and (5) advise in the design of trading programs.
Greenhouse Gases
Emission Reduction Project Analysis
Natsource Advisory and Research staff provide independent analysis of projects with the potential to create carbon offsets and renewable energy project opportunities. Advisory and research staff also assist the Company's portfolio managers to assess project opportunities.
Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Advisory and research staff have worked with many major energy and manufacturing firms and project developers. We assess the risks and opportunities arising from requirements for companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We also work with our clients to develop cost-effective risk management strategies and to find business advantages in the emerging environmental markets.
Market Intelligence and Pricing
Natsource has access to key market data, spot and forward prices, transactions, options and other hedging instruments offered and executed for carbon offset projects worldwide. We have conducted comprehensive reviews and analyses of the emerging greenhouse gas market for the clients listed below:
- World Bank`s Prototype Carbon Fund and Carbon Finance Business
- Environment Canada
- European Commission
- International Energy Agency
- International Emissions Trading Association
- Electric Power Research Institute
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- U.S. National Commission on Energy Policy
- Some of the world`s largest private firms
This information assists clients in anticipating the price of environmental commodities and plan accordingly.
Climate Policy Expertise and Trading System Design
Natsource Advisory and Research staff is engaged in international and domestic discussions on the development of climate change policy. Some of our staff, as senior government officials, were deeply involved in the international climate change negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol that authorized the mechanisms to create offsets. Natsource executives participated in the development of many of the trading systems that created emissions markets. They have served in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government and have written extensively on the greenhouse gas market, the economic and environmental impacts of trading system design, and the role of technology in addressing climate change. This experience puts us in a position to provide clients with unparalleled insight into how alternative policies will affect their business.
U.S. Conventional Air Pollutants
Our policy, regulatory and market experts have helped clients anticipate the impacts that new rules and legislation may have on the market. Natsource staff were directly engaged in the U.S. Clean Air Act debates and regulatory processes that created markets for SO2 and NOx. Natsource advisors have been involved in both the private sector and as senior government officials in designing and implementing various provisions of the Clean Air Act.
For additional information on Natsource Advisory and Research Services, please contact:
Richard Rosenzweig
Washington, DC
+1-202-496-1423
rrosenzweig@natsource.com
Dirk Forrister
Washington, DC
+1-202-496-1423
dforrister@natsource.com
Tom Lawler
Washington, DC
+1-202-496-1423
tlawler@natsource.com
