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  Corporate Governance (Environmental Social Governance – ESG – Compliance –

  International)

 

  • Compliance with ESG-related international directives, guidelines, laws, opinions, policies, regulations, rules, statutes and treaties, such as:

  • Afghanistan National Renewable Energy Policy (2015);

  • Antigua and Barbuda Environmental Protection and Management Act (2015); Antigua and Barbuda Renewable Energy Act (2015);

  • Argentina Joint Resolution 1/2018 Creating the Environmental Sustainability and Insurance Program (2018); Argentina Law No. 27191 on Renewable Energy (2015); Argentina Law No. 27424 Creating the Promotion Regime for Distributed Generation of Renewable Energy Integrated in the Public Electricity Grid (2017); Argentina National Climate Change Cabinet (2016);

  • Australia Carbon Farming Initiative (2014); Australia National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy (2015); Australia National Energy Productivity Plan 2015-2030 (2015); Australian Water Accounting Standards Board;

  • Bahamas Electricity Act (2015);

  • Bangladesh Climate Fiscal Framework (2014);

  • Belgian National Adaptation Plan 2017-2020;

  • Benin Law No. 2018/18 on Regulating Climate Change (2018); Benin Low Carbon and Climate Change Resilient Development Strategy 2016-2025;

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Law on Energy Efficiency (2017);

  • Botswana National Development Plan (2017-2023);

  • Brazil Law No. 13.186 on the Policy for Education on Sustainable Consumption (2015); Brazil Law No. 13.203 on Renegotiation of the Hydrological Risk of Electricity Generation and Other Matters Related to Electricity Generation (2015); Brazil Law No. 13.576 on National Biofuel Policy (2017);

  • Brundtland Commission Report (1987);

  • Bulgaria Climate Change Mitigation Act (2014);

  • Burkina Faso Decree No. 2015-1189 Adopting the National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change (2015);

  • Burundi Decentralized Rural Electrification Strategy (2015-2017);

  • Cabo Verde Decree-Law No. 29/2014 Creating the Center for Renewable Energy and Industrial Maintenance (2014);

  • Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-2023;

  • Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency Act (2005); Canada Energy Efficiency Act (1992); Canada Environmental Protection Act (1999); Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology; Canada Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (2018); Canada Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations; Canada Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity Regulations (SOR/2012-167); Canada Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations; Canada Renewable Fuels Regulations (SOR/2010-189); Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change;

  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety;

  • Chad National Development Plan 2013-2016 (2017);

  • Chile Climate Change Mitigation Plan for the Energy Sector (2016); Chile National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production 2017-2022;

  • China 13th Five-Year Plan Including Environmental and Efficiency Targets (2016); China Law on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution (2015);

  • Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES): a nonprofit organization comprising investors and environmental, religious, and public interest groups focused on sustainability

  • Colombia Comprehensive Management Plan for Climate Change in the Energy Mining Sector; Colombia Decree 1073/2015 Issuing the Regulatory Decree of the Mining and Energy Administrative Sector on Electricity Generation (2015); Colombia Decrees 1625/2016 and 926/2017 on Carbon Tax; Colombia Green Growth Policy; Colombia Law No. 1819/2016 on Tax Deductions for Renewables and Carbon Tax (2016); Colombia Law No. 1931 Establishing Guidelines for the Management of Climate Change (2018); Colombia National Climate Change Decree (2016); Colombia National Energy Plan: Energy Principles 2050 (2015); Colombia Resolution No. 41286 Adopting the 2017-2022 Indicative Action Plan of the Rational and Efficient Use Program (2016);

  • Commonwealth of Dominica Geothermal Resources Development Act of 2016;

  • Comoros Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy 2015-2019 (2015);

  • Congo Decree No. 2015-260 on Implementing the Process of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Forestry Sector (2015);

  • Convention on Biological Diversity;

  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);

  • Cook Islands Joint National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Management Climate Change Adaptation (2016-2020); Cook Islands National Sustainable Development Plan (2016-2020);

  • Costa Rica 7th National Energy Plan 2015-2030; Costa Rica Executive Decree No. 40615 Creating the Scientific Council on Climate Change (2017); Costa Rica Law No. 9518 on Incentives and Promotion of Electric Transportation; Costa Rica Ministerial Decree No. 40616 Creating the Citizen Advisory Council on Climate Change (2017); Costa Rica National Policy of Sustainable Production and Consumption 2018-2030; Costa Rica National REDD+ Strategy;

  • Côte d’Ivoire Guidance on Sustainable Development 2014-390 (2014); Côte d’Ivoire Law No. 2015-537 on Agricultural Guidance (2015);

  • Croatia Law on Renewable Energy Sources and Highly Effective Cogeneration (2015); Croatia Law on the Establishment of Infrastructure for Alternative Fuels (2016);

  • Cuba Decree Law No. 337 on the Terrestrial Waters (Embracing Climate Change Adaptation as a Core Goal) (2017);

  • Czech Republic Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (2015); Czech Republic Climate Protection Policy, Government Resolution No. 207 (2017);

  • Denmark Climate Change Act (2014);

  • Djibouti Law No. 90-AN-15-7th L Establishing the Legislative Framework Relating to Energy Efficiency (2015);

  • Dominican Republic National Policy for Climate Change (Decree 269-15) (2016);

  • Ecuador National Plan for Energy Efficiency 2016-2035 (2017); Ecuador Organic Code on the Environment (2017); Ecuador Organic Law on the Public Service of Electricity (2015);

  • Egypt Law No. 87 on Electricity (2015); Egypt Presidential Decree No. 17/2015 Amending Investment Law No. 8/1997 (2015);

  • Equatorial Guinea National Action Program to Combat Deforestation and Land Degradation (2015);

  • Estonia Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2017);

  • Ethiopia Growth and Transformation Plan II (2016);

  • European Union (EU) 2020 Climate and Energy Package; EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework; EU Clean Sky Undertaking; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); EC Directive 1999/94/EC on the Availability of Consumer Information on Fuel Economy and CO2 Emissions for New Passenger Cars; EU EC Directive 2003/96/EC on Energy Taxation; EU EC Directive 2009/31/EC on the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide; EU EC Directive 2012/27 on Energy Efficiency; EU EC Directive 2014/95/EU on Non-Financial Reporting; EU EC Guidelines on state aid for Environmental Protection and energy 2014-2020; EU EC Regulation No. 106/2008 on a Community Energy Efficiency Labelling Program for Office Equipment; EU Emission Performance Standards for New Light Commercial Vehicles; EU Emissions Trading System (EUETS); EU Energy Security Strategy; EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU) 2018/844; EU Environment Agency (EEA); EU EC Green Deal; EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals Directive / REACH Directive; EU Regulation No. 517/2014 on Fluorinated GHGs; EU Regulation No. 1222/2009 on Labeling Tires With Respect to Fuel Efficiency; EU Regulation No. 1293/2013 on Establishing a Program for the Environment and Climate Action / LIFE Program; EU Regulation No. 2018/842 on Binding Annual GHG Emission Reductions by Member States; ; EU Third Energy Package;

  • Finland Act 478-2017 on the Distribution of Alternative Fuels for Transport; Finland Climate Change Act (609/2015); Finland National Climate Change Adaptation Plan; Finland National Energy and Climate Strategy for 2030;

  • France Energy Renovation in Buildings Plan 2018; France Finance Law 2018 on Carbon Taxation; ; France Law No. 2015-992 on Energy Transition for Green Growth (2015); France Law No. 2017-1839 on the End of Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons (2017); French Grenelle II 2010;

  • Gambia National Climate Change Policy;

  • Georgia Strategy for Agricultural Development 2015-2020;

  • German Council for Sustainable Development; Germany Action Program on Climate Protection 2020 (2014); Germany Climate Action Plan 2050 (2016); Germany Law for the Conservation, Modernization, and Expansion of Cogeneration (2016);

  • Greece Aid Scheme for Power Plants Using RES and Cogeneration of Electricity and High Efficiency Heat (2016); Greece National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (2016);

  • Guatemala National Action Plan for Climate Change (2016);

  • Guinea Ordinary Law L/2017/060/AN (Forest Code) (2017);

  • Guyana Framework of the Guyana Green State Development Strategy and Financing Mechanisms 2017;

  • Honduras Law on Climate Change Decree No. 297-2013 (2014);

  • India Companies Act (2013); India Responsible Business Index;

  • Indonesia National Medium-Term Development Plan 2015-2019 (2015); Indonesia Regulations 12 and 50 on the Utilization of Renewable Energy for the Provision of Power (2017);

  • Iraq Act for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment, No. 27 of 2009;

  • Ireland Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act (2015); Ireland Fossil Fuel Divestment Act of 2016; Ireland National Adaptation Framework (2018); Ireland National Development Plan 2018-2027; Ireland National Mitigation Plan (2017); Ireland Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030 (2015);

  • Israel Government Decision No. 1403: National Plan for Implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets and for Energy Efficiency;

  • Italy Climate Adaptation Strategy (2015); Italy Ministerial Decree of March 2, 2018 Promoting the Use of Biomethane in the Transport Sector; Italy Renewable Energy Sources Decree 2016;

  • Jamaica Climate Change Policy Framework (2015);

  • Japan Act on Improvement of Energy Consumption Performance of Buildings (2015); Japan Act on Promoting Generation of Electricity From Renewable Energy Sources Harmonized With Sound Development of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2015); Japan Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons (2015); Japan Climate Change Adaptation Act; Japan National Plan for Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change; Japan Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures;

  • Kazakhstan Law on the Transition to a Green Economy (2016);

  • Kenya Climate Change Act 2016; Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030; Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan 2018-2022;

  • Kyoto Protocol: an international agreement committing participating nations to binding Emission Reduction Targets: adopted in 1997, and effective in 2005; designed to implement the UNFCCC objective to reduce global warming by reducing atmospheric GHG concentrations; places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of due to the theory that developed countries are primarily responsible for the majority of historic GHG Emissions;

  • Kyrgyzstan Climate Change Adaptation Program and Action Plan for 2015-2017 for the Forest and Biodiversity Sector (2015);

  • Lebanon National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (2016-2020); Lebanon National Forest Program 2015-2025 (2015); Lebanon National Renewable Energy Action Plan 2016-2020;

  • Lesotho Energy Policy 2015-2025 (2005);

  • Luxembourg Agenda 2030 National Report on Sustainable Development (2017); Luxembourg Budget Law — Climate Tax on Liquid Fuels and Tax Rebate on Low-Carbon Cars (2017); Luxembourg Law of 17 April 2018 on Territory Planning and Sustainable Development; Luxembourg Law on the Electricity Market (2015); Luxembourg Law on the Natural Gas Market (2015); Luxembourg Law Supporting Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (2016); Luxembourg Package on Climate Bank and Sustainable Housing (2016);

  • Liberia National Policy and Response Strategy on Climate Change (2018);

  • Malawi National Climate Change Management Policy (2016);

  • Malaysia 11th Malaysia Plan 2016-2020;

  • Maldives Climate Change Policy Framework (2015);

  • Mali Decree Suspending the Collection of Value Added Tax, Duties and Taxes on Renewable Energy Equipment on Importation (2014);

  • Malta Climate Action Act (2015);

  • Marshall Islands 2050 Climate Strategy; Marshall Islands National Energy Policy and Energy Action Plan (2016);

  • Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency Act (2015);

  • Mexico Decree Approving the Special Climate Change Program 2014-2018 (2014); Mexico Decree Issuing the Electricity Industry Law, the Geothermal Energy Law, and Amending the Law on National Waters (2014); Mexico Energy Transition Law (2015); Mexico General Law for Sustainable Forest Development; Mexico Transition Strategy to Promote the Use of Cleaner Technologies and Fuels (2016);

  • Micronesia Environmental Protection Act (2015);

  • Moldova Strategy on Biological Diversity of the Republic of Moldova for 2015-2020 (2015);

  • Monaco Law No 1.456 (Environmental Code) (2017);

  • Mongolia Action Program for the Government of Mongolia 2016-2020; Mongolia Sustainable Development Vision 2030;

  • Montenegro National Strategy in the Field of Climate Change by 2030 (2015); Montenegro National Strategy With Action Plan for Transposition, Implementation, and Enforcement of the EU Directive on Environment and Climate Change 2016-2020;

  • Montreal Protocol: a global agreement, finalized in 1987, to protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances;

  • Morocco Decree No. 2.17.655 Creating the Strategic Committee for Sustainable Development;

  • Myanmar Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy (2015);

  • Namibia National Renewable Energy Policy (2017);

  • Nauru Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction (2015);

  • Netherlands Energy Agenda Toward a Low-Carbon Energy Supply (2017); Netherlands National Climate Adaptation Strategy (2016); Netherlands National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (2017); Netherlands Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030 (2018);

  • Nicaragua Decree No. 38/14 Sustainable Rural Tourism Act (2014);

  • Nigeria Regulations on Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Energy Sourced Electricity in Nigeria (2015);

  • Niue Agriculture Sector Plan 2015-2019; Niue National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015); Niue Strategic Energy Roadmap 2015-2025 (2015);

  • North Macedonia Action Plan on Renewable Energy Sources (2015);North Macedonia Energy Law 2018;

  • Norway Better Growth, Lower Emissions Strategy (2017); Norway Climate Change Act (2017); Norway National Transport Plan 2018-2029 (2017); Norway White Paper on the 2030 Climate Strategy (2016);

  • Pakistan Climate Change Act (2017); Pakistan National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (2016);

  • Palau Climate Change Policy (2015); Palau Energy Act (2016);

  • Palestine Legislative Decree No. 14/2015 on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (2015);

  • Panama Law 69/2017 Creating an Incentive Program for Forest Cover and the Conservation of Natural Forests; Panama Law No. 8 Creating the Ministry for the Environment (2015);

  • Papua New Guinea Climate Change (Management) Act (2015); Papua New Guinea National REDD+ Strategy 2017-2027; Papua New Guinea United Nations Paris Agreement Implementation Act of 2016;

  • Paraguay Decree 4056 to Establish Regimes for Sustainable Use of Bioenergy Resources (2015); Paraguay Decree 6092/2016: Energy Policy of the Republic of Paraguay; Paraguay National Development Plan 2030 (2014); Paraguay National Law on Climate Change (2017);

  • Paris Agreement: an international agreement to combat climate change by keeping global temperature rise below 2°C above pre-industrial levels (with a further aspirational goal to limit the temperature increase to a maximum of 1.5°C);

  • Peru 2017-2021 Multi-Year Sectoral Strategic Plan of the Environment Sector; Peru Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change (2016); Peru Framework Law No. 30754 on Climate Change; Peru National Forestry and Climate Change Strategy (2016); Peru National Strategy on Climate Change (Decree No. 011-2015-MINAM) (2015);

  • Poland Act on Investments in the Field of Wind Power (2016); Poland Act on Renewable Energy Sources (RES Act, Dz.U. 2015 poz. 428);

  • Portugal Decree-Law No. 4/2018 on Incentives to Electric Mobility; Portugal Decree-Law No. 64/2017 on Biomass Plants (2017); Portugal Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 56/2015 (2015);

  • Rio Declaration (1992) – a declaration developed at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development that sets forth 27 principles on Sustainable Development, the goal of which is to promote new and equitable global partnerships for the advancement of environmental protection;

  • Romania Government Decision No. 739/2016 Approving the National Climate Change and Low Carbon Green Growth Strategy 2016- 2020;

  • Russia Energy Strategy Up to 2035; Russia Federal Law No. 416-FZ on Water Supply and Discharge; Russia Federal Law No. 7-FZ on Environmental Protection; Russia Governor’s Decree No. 223 Validating the Regulation on Regional Forest and Fire Safety Ministry (Amur Region); Russia Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction (Presidential Decree 752); Russia Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment; Russia Regional Law No. 368 on Energy Saving and Improvement of Energy Efficiency (Kaliningrad Region); Russia Regional Law No. 477 on Industrial and Consumer Waste (Kaliningrad region);

  • Saint Lucia National Energy Transition Strategy;

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Geothermal Resources Development Act (2015);

  • Samoa Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2016/17-2019/20;

  • Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust of Seychelles Act (2015);

  • Sierra Leone Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (2015);

  • Singapore Budget 2018 (Carbon Tax);Singapore Climate Action Plan (2016);

  • Slovenia Strategic Framework for Climate Change Adaptation;

  • South Africa King Code IV; South Africa National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations (2017);

  • South Korea Eighth Long-Term Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand and Implementation Plan for Renewable 20% by 2030 (2017); South Korea National Roadmap for Greenhouse Gas Reductions by 2030 (2016);

  • South Sudan National Environmental Policy 2015-2025 (2015);

  • Spain Royal Decree 389/2016 Approving the Master Plan for the Network of Natural Reserves;Spain Royal Decree 564/2017 on the Certification of Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2017); Spain Royal Decree 617/2017 Regarding Alternative Energy Vehicles (2017); Spain Royal Decree-Law 15/2018 on Urgent Measures for Energy Transition and Consumer Protection;

  • Sri Lanka Energy Sector Development Plan for a Knowledge- Based Economy (2015);

  • Suriname National Climate Change Policy, Strategy, and Action Plan (2015);

  • Swaziland National Climate Change Policy (2015);

  • Sweden Climate Act (2017);

  • Taiwan Electricity Act (2017); Taiwan Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act (2015);

  • Tanzania Health National Adaptation Plan 2018-2023; Tanzania National Energy Policy (2015);

  • Thailand Alternative Energy Development Plan 2015-2036; Thailand Climate Change Master Plan 2015-2050; Thailand Energy Efficiency Development Plan 2015-2036 (2015); Thailand Oil Plan 2015-2036 (2015); Thailand Power Development Plan 2015-2036 (2015);

  • Timor-Leste Program of the Fifth Constitutional Government (2015);

  • Togo Law on the Promotion of Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources (2018); Togo National Program for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation 2010-2050 (2015); Togo Strategic Investment Framework for Environment and Natural Resources Management (2018);

  • Tonga Climate Change Policy (2016);

  • Tunisia Constitution of the Republic of Tunisia (2014); Tunisia Law Relating to the Generation of Renewable Energy (2015);

  • Turkey National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2017-2023;

  • Uganda National Climate Change Policy (2015);

  • Ukraine Law on Energy Efficiency Fund (No. 5598) (2017);

  • United Arab Emirates (UAE)Energy Strategy for 2050; UAE Green Agenda 2015-2030 (2015); UAE Green Growth Strategy (2015); UAE National Climate Change Plan 2050 (2017);

  • United Kingdom (UK) Carbon Budget Order 2016; Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP); Energy Act 2016; UK Modern Slavery Act;

  • United Nations (UN) CEO Water Mandate; Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD); UN Development Programme (UNDP); UN Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG); UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); UN Global Compact; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP); UN World Health Organization (WHO);

  • Uruguay Decree No. 172/016 Creating the National Environmental System; Uruguay National Policy for Climate Change (2017);

  • Uzbekistan Decree No. DP-2343 on the Program of Measures to Reduce Energy Consumption, Implement Energy Savings Technologies in the Fields of Economy and Social Sphere for 2015- 2019;

  • Vanuatu Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy 2016-2030 (2015); Vanuatu Framework for Climate Services; Vanuatu National Policy on Climate Change and Disaster-Induced Displacement (2018);

  • Venezuela Law of Socio-Natural and Technological Risks; Venezuela Law on Rational and Efficient Electric Energy Use;Venezuela Organic Law of Environment No. 5833;

  • Vietnam Decision No. 11/2017/QD-TTg on the Mechanism for Encouragement of the Development of Solar Power Projects in Vietnam (2017);Vietnam Law on Environmental Protection No. 55/2014/QH13;

  • Zambia Constitutional Amendment Act No. 2 of 2016 (Requiring the State to Establish and Implement Mechanisms to Address Climate Change); Zambia Forests Act (2015); Zambia National Policy on Climate Change (2016); Zambia National Strategy for Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation (2015); Zambia Second National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2025 (2015); Zambia Seventh Development Plan 2017-2021;

  • Zimbabwe Climate Smart Agriculture Policy; Zimbabwe Climate Smart Agriculture Policy; Zimbabwe National Climate Policy (2018).

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