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Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Brussels; Arie Bleijenberg, TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), Amsterdam; Dr. He Dongquan, China Sustainable Transportation Centre, Beijing; Marcus Fehling, Siemens Electromobility Division, Germany; Lewis Fulton, co-director ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... timber. It's an advantage for certified timber overall. You've got the Lacey Act, Australia has an illegal logging law. China and Japan are considering stronger approaches to sourcing. There's a stronger collection on the demand side that we won't accept ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... headquartered in Australia with mining operations in Australia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Laos. Its major shareholder, China Minmetals, is a signatory to the UN Global Compact. The BHP Billiton case study reports on how the company implemented ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... governments through guarantees - in fact, 79% of the bonds outstanding can be characterised as sovereign-linked, the report said. China is the largest issuer of climate-themed bonds, with US$127 billion in issuance, more than one third the total universes. ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... to shocks from natural, social or economic events, leading to greater credit risk. This leaves growth markets including China, India and Russia at high risk of being downgraded. Conversely, improvement in these ESG factors enhances the outlook for long-term ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... competitive in the international context as well, EY said. EY noted that the USA has announced new rules to cut carbon pollution, China is implementing seven pilot emission trading schemes commencing later this year and has announced an intention to ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... markets, and it's really hard to get visibility on these standards, in countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia and China," he said. "There's the obvious appeal of the lower cost, but then you have to put it into it the fact that super funds end ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... governments through guarantees - in fact, 79% of the bonds outstanding can be characterised as sovereign-linked, the report said. China is the largest issuer of climate-themed bonds, with US$127 billion in issuance, more than one third the total universes. ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... scheme," Lauber-Patterson said. "There are now 60 countries, states or provinces that have an emissions trading scheme. China started their first pilot emissions trading scheme last month, and are rolling out six by the end of the year and have committed ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... discretionary (CD) sectors of the S&P/ASX200 index. The research found that while sourcing is increasingly shifting away from China towards least developed countries (LDCs), only 38% of those 34 companies have disclosed their supply chain LHR policy ...