Private Banking Interview with Jasperneite and Leber (Acatis)

“Only our approach really eliminates CO2 emissions”, say Christian Jasperneite and Hendrik Leber (Acatis) in the private banking interview. Together with the company Cap2, Acatis wants to make funds climate neutral. The head of the asset manager, Hendrik Leber, and Cap2 founder Christian Jasperneite explain how this works in an interview with private banking magazin. A conversation about I deologies, possible imitators and the power of Brussels bureaucracy.   private banking magazin: Mr. Jasperneite, I come to you as a private client with the wish that my portfolio becomes climate neutral. How would you go about that with Cap2? Christian …

Neither gas nor nuclear power are sustainable!

The classification of nuclear power and gas as a sustainable form of energy by the EU does hurt a bit. How on earth can nuclear power be classified as sustainable in the taxonomy given the existing storage problems (let’s not even talk about accidents)? And where does one get the idea of classifying the burning of gas as sustainable just because it produces fewer emissions per unit of energy than coal? The additional emissions that now occur during the extraction of fracked gas and its conversion to LNG ultimately make this energy source almost as damaging to the climate as …