As with any market, identifying the most efficient manner of conducting business maximizes returns and minimizes risks. Canadian private sector buyers in the international emissions market will be looking to identify the best emission reduction investment opportunities available in the marketplace, reduce portfolio management costs, streamline the transaction requirements and gain access to surplus carbon permits.
Creating the ideal environment for purchase as described above may be either unaffordable or logistically impossible for unique purchasers. However, if the private sector and the Canadian government pooled funds for purchases it could potentially create a mutual fund that would successfully address the needs of both parties lowering transaction costs and increasing the effectiveness of players in the market.
Speakers - Kyoto Mechanisms and the Manitoba Business Sector Seminar (March 2003)
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