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IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... work together to develop products to drive more trades and create business opportunities. Shenzhen is the first city in China to begin with an emissions trading scheme, and China has initiated seven emission trading pilots at provincial and municipal ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Asset Management 's Asia-Pacific Strategy Portfolios and is based in Hong Kong. Li is also Impax's lead analyst for Greater China including Taiwan and Singapore. He has worked for Impax since 2007, initially on secondment from Ajia Partners before becoming ...

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. ...