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Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... material or product is equally applied to EU producers or third party exporters to EU, said Andrew Hedges, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright who specialises in carbon markets. For example, sellers of steel to EU industries will need to account for carbon ...

Fidelity International appoints Jenn-Hui Tan global head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Fidelity International for 12 years, having joined as senior legal counsel in 2007. He was previously a solicitor at Norton Rose Fulbright in London. Tan is based in Singapore and will be responsible for Fidelity's ESG teams based in the Europe and Asia. ...

Norton Rose Fulbright partners to form new energy sector advisory business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that partner and current global head of energy Simon Currie, and partner Vincent Dwyer, will leave the business to form a new advisory business for the energy sector. The new business will provide strategic ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... decision making, and appropriate consideration is given to the need for disclosure of relevant financial-related risks," Norton Rose Fulbright said. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Risks that companies should consider include transitional ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... units to deal with any compliance payments, and they would see that as a good outcome," said Elisa de Wit, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. "The benefit of being able to use international credits is that they're incredibly cheap as a compliance unit. ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
International law and advisory firm Norton Rose Fulbright has become a Climate Bonds Initiative partner. "Norton Rose Fulbright has a long standing commitment to social responsibility and sustainability," said Simon Currie, global head of energy, Norton ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed on to the agreement, it is not expected to cause any immediate changes to the federal ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... reflected in their actual portfolio governance, they could be liable." See Also: Video: Fossil Fuel Divestment Exposure Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... concerns over the calculations of baselines for both current and future liable facilities. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Under the proposed baseline and safeguard mechanism outlined in a recent government consultation paper, the safeguard ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... participants in the first auction will be existing CFI project owners," said Elisa de Wit, climate change partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. "Those projects cover landfill gas, alternative waste treatment, avoided deforestation, reforestation, savannah ...