Sentences with phrase «carbon assets include»

Stranded carbon assets include fossil fuels, as well as those assets which, given their dependence on fossil fuels, are also CO2 - emissions intensive.

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A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

Prominent listings include Quilpie, a 166,000 hectare carbon abatement and beef cattle aggregation in Charleville, Queensland being offloaded by institutional asset managers SLM Partners, and Wanderribby, a 2700 hectare cattle feedlot and grazing property near Meningie in South Australia being sold by vertically integrated beef producers the Gunner family.

Acer can also assist schools in reducing the carbon footprint by providing an e-waste and asset re-use service across a range of commodity types, including mobility style devices such as laptops and desktop monitors, to name a few.

Carbon credits, including regulated carbon credits, are not backed by any assets and don't pay any dividends or interest.

The statement's signatories, who also include the BBC and BT pension schemes, the Quakers and Rockefeller Asset Management, argue they can play a central role in delivering a low carbon economy.

It then outlines some of the support programmes available for CDM projects in Africa, including: the UNFCCC loan scheme for countries with fewer than ten registered projects; the Africa Carbon Asset Development initiative; the Carbon Fund for Africa; the African Biofuels and Renewable Energy Fund; the UN Development Programme (UNDP)'s Millennium Development Goals Carbon Facility; various World Bank carbon funds and initiatives; and various national programmes for the purchase of Certified Emission Reductions, such as Germany's KfW Carbon Fund.

Issue guidance to interpret existing standards (eg IAS36 impairment of assets; valuation of reserves) so that preparers of reports and accounts consider the need to include information on the carbon viability of reserves.

Al Gore and David Blood, Generation Investment: «Stranded assets are those that would be unprofitable under certain scenarios, which include the enforcement of a fair price on carbon and water, or improved regulation of labour standards in emerging economies.

We have an extensive track record in the financing of the production, export, transport, warehousing and sale and purchase of commodities including oil and oil products; bio fuels; chemicals; precious and base metals; soft commodities such as coffee, sugar, cocoa, grains, paper, cotton and textiles; and related assets such as carbon credits.