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Azerbaijan intends to release green financial investment guideline book at COP29
Azerbaijan as host of COP29 U.N. climate talks will this month launch a set of requirements agreed by more than 100 nations to direct sustainable investment, the country's reserve bank governor stated on Friday. Climate finance taxonomies are required to make sure investments are effective in reducing emissions, however financiers are concerned the number of differing guideline books causes confusion. The 27-member European Union has delivered one of the most substantial, however a U.N. taxonomy could have even broader support. We have actually developed new unified taxonomy concepts together with 110 nations. These principles will be used in establishing nationwide taxonomies, streamlining the process of issuing green loans, Central Bank Governor Taleh Kazimov informed a. press conference on Friday. Azerbaijan hosts U.N. climate talks from Nov. 11-22. On Nov. 14, Kazimov said Azerbaijan will reveal the amount. of funds it will designate for green jobs until 2030. Zakir Nuriyev, head of the Association of Banks of. Azerbaijan, said the figure would correspond to the overall loan. portfolio of Azerbaijani banks, which surpasses $15 billion. In addition to the rules on sustainable financing, Guv. Kazimov stated that the Reserve bank was thinking about the. intro of Islamic sukuk bonds. He said legislation was being prepared and the bank was. analysing the market to see if there sufficed demand.
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PepsiCo beats New York state's 'predatory' claim over plastics contamination
PepsiCo won the dismissal of New york city's suit accusing the drink and snackfood business of polluting the environment with singleuse plastic packaging, as the judge slammed the state's lawyer basic, Letitia James, for bringing the case. Justice Emilio Colaiacovo of the state Supreme Court in Buffalo said on Thursday that James failed to show PepsiCo created a. public annoyance and must have warned consumers about the. health and ecological risks of plastics in more than 100 of. its brand names. James took legal action against PepsiCo and its FritoLay unit last November, seeking. to hold them accountable for endangering Buffalo's water supply by. creating 17% of the plastic waste found in and near the. Buffalo River. She also said the offenders tricked the public. about their efforts to eliminate plastics pollution. However the judge ruled it would run contrary to every standard of. established jurisprudence to punish PepsiCo, since it was. individuals, not the company, who overlooked laws forbiding littering. He likewise said James, a Democrat, disregarded a 2003 appeals court's. refusal to hold Sturm Ruger responsible when lawbreakers use its. pistols and risk opening the floodgates to public problem. lawsuits. James' predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, brought that case. While I can consider no affordable person who does not. believe in the imperatives of recycling and being better. stewards of our environment, this does not trigger phantom. assertions of liability that do nothing to solve the problem. that exists, composed Colaiacovo, a Republican. The judicial system needs to not be burdened with predatory. suits that look for to enforce punishment while looking for a. crime, he added. James' office did not immediately react to ask for. comment on Friday. PepsiCo, based in Purchase, New york city, stated it was pleased. with the choice, and serious about plastics reduction and. efficient recycling. Our time, attention and resources-- and those of other key. stakeholders-- are best directed towards collective. solutions, it included. James' lawsuit is among numerous by state and city governments. and ecological groups versus companies that utilize plastics. Colaiacovo ruled one day after Los Angeles County submitted a. similar lawsuit versus PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over their. single-use plastic product packaging. PepsiCo's brands include Cheetos, Cracker Jack, Doritos,. Fritos, Gatorade, Lay's, Lipton, Mountain Dew, Ocean Spray,. Pepsi, Quake, Ruffles and Tostitos. The case is New york city v. PepsiCo Inc et al, New York State. Supreme Court, Erie County, No. 814682/2023.
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Russia's Rusal raises bar in Nornickel conflict with fresh claims versus Potanin
Aluminium huge Rusal has actually added fresh claims to its legal conflict against Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, CEO and biggest shareholder of metals producer Nornickel, court files seen showed. The brand-new claims allege that the production of digital exchange platform Atomyze and launch of an employee incentive plan benefitted Potanin at the expenditure of other shareholders like Rusal. The advancement is the most recent flare-up in a long-running disagreement in between 2 of Russia's biggest metals companies. Nornickel, which is not associated with the conflict, is the world's biggest palladium producer and a significant miner of fine-tuned nickel. Potanin holds a 37% stake in Nornickel through his Interros holding company, while Rusal holds 26.4% and former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has a 4% stake. Rusal verified it had added to the claim, saying that the Atomyze development and employee reward scheme's. application were performed in Potanin's interest at Nornickel's. expenditure. Interros referred Reuters to a previous comment in which it. stated it thought about Rusal's claims as unfounded. Rusal is taking legal action against Potanin in London, declaring that he broke. an investor agreement signed in December 2012, triggering losses. for investors including Rusal. Abramovich and his firm. Crispian Investments Ltd were consequently added as defendants. in the case. The investor arrangement, which had safeguarded Nornickel's. dividend payouts, ended at the end of 2022. Arguments over. dividends and governance have been the main factor for. on-and-off rows in between the two business for many years.
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Ukraine's October grain exports up 59%, ministry states
Ukraine's October grain exports rose 58.6% to 3.95 million metric tons from 2.49 million loads a. year previously on higher deliveries of corn, barley and wheat, the. farming ministry stated on Friday. The figure included 1.64 million tons of wheat, 1.92 million. tons of corn and 376,000 tons of barley. The ministry stated grain exports in the 2024/25 July-June. season reached 14.4 million lots since Nov. 1, up from about 9.2. million loads a year ago. It consisted of 7.7 million tons of wheat,. 4.7 million tons of corn and 1.7 million tons of barley. Ukraine's federal government and farm associations have accepted. limit wheat exports in the 2024/25 season to 16.2 million tons. to keep sufficient products for the domestic market. Traders have actually utilized practically 47.8% of the agreed wheat quota so. far. There are no curbs on exports of other products. Ukraine's UCAB agricultural service association stated the. nation's general foodstuff exports jumped by 33.8% in. October versus September to 6.6 million tons. The volume next to grains consisted of 1.2 million tons of. oilseeds, 590,200 lots of vegetable oils, 474,300 tons of meals. and 420,400 lots of other food products. Export development is observed in all classifications of products. The. main factor for this development is completion of the harvest, UCAB. stated in a statement. The 2024 combined grain and oilseed crop is anticipated to fall. to 77 million lots, consisting of about 54 million tons of grain,. the ministry has stated. Ukraine's grain exports in the 2023/24 marketing season rose. to about 51 million lots from 49.2 million tons the previous. year.
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Motorcycling-MotoGP cancels Valencia GP after devastating floods
MotoGP cancelled its seasonending Valencia Grand Prix on Friday due to devastating floods and said it would announce a new place and date. The death toll from Europe's worst weather disaster in 5 decades rose to 205 people, all however 3 in the eastern Spanish region. After carefully weighing up the possible favorable effect of MotoGP racing in Valencia on postponed dates versus guaranteeing no single resource is diverted from the recovery efforts ... the championship and regional authorities have been required to cancel the 2024 Valencia GP, MotoGP stated in a statement. In lieu of racing in Valencia, MotoGP will rather race for Valencia. The champion will put our cumulative efforts behind backing the relief funds already in location to ensure our positive impact can get in touch with the location in the way it finest serves the people and communities we have actually been part of for so long. MotoGP riders stated in Malaysia on Thursday it would be dishonest to stage the race, scheduled for Nov. 15-17, at Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit. The race, anywhere it is held, will likely decide the outcome of the champion with the tussle in between Pramac Racing's Spaniard Jorge Martin and Ducati's Italian two-times champion Francesco Bagnaia set to go down to the wire.
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Utility PPL posts lower third-quarter revenue due to higher interest expenses
PPL Corp published a fall in thirdquarter profit on Friday, as higher costs and interest expenses weighed on the electrical and gas utility. The company's shares fell more than 2% to $31.82 before the bell. Higher-for-longer rates of interest can weigh on utilities, as it makes investing in the building and construction and upkeep of crucial infrastructure such as electrical grids more pricey. PPL's interest costs for the quarter ended Sept. 30 increased to $188 million from $165 million a year earlier, while total operating costs increased almost 2% to $1.64 billion. The company supplies electrical energy and gas services to more than 3.5 million customers across its service territories in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The Allentown, Pennsylvania-based firm posted an earnings of $214 million, or 29 cents per share, in the quarter, compared with $230 million, or 31 cents per share, a year previously. PPL's third-quarter profit included a net special item after-tax charge of $96 million, which was mostly due to expenses related to the acquisition of Rhode Island Energy, which the utility had obtained from National Grid USA in 2022.
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Dominion Energy beats Q3 profit approximates on lower expenses and constant demand
Dominion Energy beat Wall Street price quotes for thirdquarter revenue on Friday, as the electrical utilities business gained from lower expenses and constant electrical power need during hot weather. Energies are set to gain from growing electrical energy demand, driven primarily by AI technology and data centers, alongside increased power use in homes and businesses in the middle of record temperature levels. The U.S. Energy Info Administration (EIA). forecasts power intake to hit record peaks in 2024 and. 2025. The Richmond, Virginia-based company's overall operating. revenue increased to $3.94 billion in the third quarter from $3.81. billion in 2015, while total operating costs fell 2% to $2.72. billion. Last month, Dominion signed an arrangement with e-commerce. giant Amazon to check out establishing a nuclear task. near the energy's existing power station in Virginia. Rule's Virginia energy services the world's largest. information center market, which goes beyond the combined capability of the. next five biggest information center markets in the United States,. according to the company. The company narrowed its full-year operating incomes. projection to $2.68-$ 2.83 per share, preserving a $2.75 midpoint,. somewhat listed below analysts' expectations of $2.77 per share,. according to LSEG information. It reported operating incomes of 98 cents per share in the. July-September quarter, ahead of analysts' price quotes of 93 cents. per share.
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Imperial Oil's third-quarter revenue falls on downstream weak point
Canada's Imperial Oil reported a lower thirdquarter earnings on Friday as a depression in refining margins and lower product prices balance out higher production. International oil costs dropped during the quarter on weaker-than-expected demand from top importer China and concerns about an oversupply in the market. Standard Brent crude balanced $78.30 a barrel in the noted quarter, almost 9% lower than last year, while the U.S. WTI was down 8.3%, weighing on incomes for oil and gas companies. Imperial Oil's overall production balanced 447,000 barrels of oil equivalent daily (boepd) in the 3rd quarter, up from 423,000 boepd. Meanwhile, refinery throughput volumes fell to 389,000 barrels daily (bpd) from 416,000 bpd, reflecting the effect of turnaround activities at the Nanticoke and Strathcona refineries, the company said. Refinery utilization in the third quarter was up to 90% from 96%. Imperial Oil's net earnings fell to C$ 1.24 million ($ 890,484.74), or C$ 2.33 per share, in the quarter, from C$ 1.6. billion, or C$ 2.76 per share, a year previously.
10 states press United States to take tougher position in UN plastic treaty
10 states on Friday gotten in touch with the U.S. federal government to exceed backing production caps in an international plastic treaty, and support a pact that declines incorrect services like forms of recycling and protects neighborhoods strained by plastic production.
In a letter sent ahead of the last round of settlements on a U.N. treaty in Busan, South Korea, later this month, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the attorneys general of California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and others, prompted the U.S. delegation to go beyond its mentioned positions at the talks.
In August, the U.S. said it would support a treaty at the talks known as INC-5 that would set international caps on plastic production, a break from its previous position that it should be left to nations to decide.
I praise our country's delegation to INC-5 for their support of a global plastics treaty that will develop significant caps on plastic production, the letter said. I. motivate the delegation to hearken our extra suggestions. so we can develop toward a more sustainable future.
The dispute over whether a U.N. treaty need to look for to limit. the quantity of plastic being made drove the last round of. settlements in Ottawa in April to overtime, with major plastic. and petrochemical manufacturers like Saudi Arabia and China obstructing. further negotiations around production caps. They argued that. nations need to concentrate on less controversial topics, such as. plastic waste management.
The letter likewise called for the treaty to recognize the link. between plastic contamination and environment modification, as well as. prioritize the advancement of a plastic reuse system.
In September, the chief law officer of California Rob Bonta. announced that he has actually taken legal action against Exxon Mobil for its role in. intensifying the plastic contamination crisis by deceiving the. public about the efficacy of recycling.
(source: Reuters)