World Finance’s ‘Petroleum Company of the Year’ award has been named – and this highly prestigious, inaugural award goes to the Switzerland-based Manas Petroleum Corporation, which has made a huge impact on the power industry in a relatively brief time

Commodities are being consumed at an alarming rate. A revolution in investment thinking will be needed, says Mike Foster

In a relatively short time, the introduction of website-based technology to the world of mergers and acquisitions has revolutionised due diligence. The traditional paper-based ‘war room’ is fast becoming a thing of the past

As the gap between supply and demand threatens to push fuel prices higher, energy efficient strategies, exploration programmes and improved developments in synthetic oils could mitigate the impact

Founded in 1954 the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), to quote the famous advertising slogan, does exactly what it says on the tin

Oil and exploration company Rocksource is scoring impressive successes through the development of a proprietary system of detecting hydrocarbon deposits that promises to significantly improve the odds of a find

by Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

James Mawson looks at some of the subjects that came under scrutiny, and how much agreement there was as to their likely outcomes

Cheryl Hicks, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) asks, ‘Are we seeing increasing signs of sustainability performance in business valuations?’

How has the internet broken down barriers and is it always for the greater good?

Much has been written about the environmental effect of the profligate use of fossil fuels. And rightly so. But as well as the harm that we are doing to the planet, we should also be concerned of the economic consequences of our wasteful use of diminishin

What weapons are at corporations’ disposal in the war against climate change, and what would victory really mean?

Land drillers are not yet out of the woods, or so it would seem

The Securities and Exchange Commission has high hopes for XBRL reporting, but it needs to convince companies of the benefits

International watchdogs must ensure consistency of market rules, says Luke Jeffs