T he Consus Group is a
market leader for emissions trading in Europe
and a precursor in selling derivatives
and weather insurance. It has many years of
experience, operating throughout the market
since 2000. Headquartered in Torun
(Poland) Consus SA created Consus France
SARL based on French law, which enabled
the company to take full advantage of rules
for trading within EU Allowances (EUAs)
and other Kyoto emissions units in the re-
Emissions trading
First choice
for emission trading
and weather
risk consultancy
When dealing with emissions trading,
businesses must deal with organisations
they can trust. Maciej Wisniewski
points out the experts
spect to Polish tax laws. This year sees the
birth of Consus Romania, which makes the
group a large and reliable European player.
Effective solutions
The group was set to address the prospect
of the global greenhouse gas emissions
trading system created by the signature of
the Kyoto protocol in 1997. Prior to the
protocol, companies were caught by many
incapacitating environmental restrictions.
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However, new legislation has also brought
large opportunities which are too often
overlooked. The main aim of the Consus
Group is to assist their clients throughout
the process of identifying, structuring, arranging,
and performing innovative financial
solutions, to make the most of the opportunities
that arise frequently.
The Kyoto services businesses are
focused on different mechanisms (CDM,
JI and EU ETS). Consus possesses broad