In late 2008, Christoph Sutter, the CEO of South Pole Carbon Asset Management, reflects on his company's early success at originating carbon credits in developing nations, and selling them to authorities and businesses who seek to offset their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily or to satisfy regulatory duties.
The early strategy of South Pole has focused on being a first mover in the niche market for superior quality carbon credits. But as the marketplace evolves in the face of important policy uncertainty, Sutter wonders what the strategy of South Pole should be for the future. This case study can facilitate discussions about chances for private enterprise raised by new ecological policy and about challenge in markets for tradable contamination permit, about environmental markets.
South Pole Carbon Asset Management--Going for Gold case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: November 19, 2008 PRODUCT #: 709030-PDF-ENG
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