Conflict of Interest (EB62)
Discussion item\Member
Akihiro Kuroki
Asterio Takesy
Clifford Mahlung
Daniel Ortega-Pacheco
Danijela Bozanic
Diana Harutyunyan
Fatou Gaye
Hussein Badarin
José Miguel Leiva
June Hughes
Lex de Jonge  1
Maosheng Duan
Martin Hession
Paulo Manso
Pedro Barata
Peer Stiansen  2
Philip M. Gwage
Shafqat Kakakhel
Thomas Bernheim
Victor Kabengele
Accreditation cases
E-0001 Japan Quality Assurance Organisation (JQA)
(Regular surveillance)
 
E-0003 Det Norske Veritas Certification AS (DNV)
(Regular surveillance)
 
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E-0010 SGS United Kingdom Ltd. (SGS)
(Performance assessment)
 
E-0011 Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO)
(Performance assessment)
 
E-0016 ERM Certification and Verification Services Ltd. (ERM CVS)
(Performance assessment)
 
E-0016 ERM Certification and Verification Services Ltd. (ERM CVS)
(Regular surveillance)
 
E-0022 TÜV NORD CERT GmbH (TÜV NORD)
(Regular surveillance)
 
E-0022 TÜV NORD CERT GmbH (TÜV NORD)
(Performance assessment)
 
E-0048 Deloitte Cert Umweltgutachter GmbH (Deloitte Cert)
(Notification of withdrawal)
 
Methodology cases - Large Scale (MP)
NM0292
Host Party: Brazil
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico (TKCSA) and ThyssenKrupp AG
 
NM0330
Host Party: Singapore
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: Climate Change Capital Ltdv and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.
 
NM0333
Host Party: Malaysia
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: TOKYU CONSTRUCTION Co., Ltd.
 
NM0337
Host Party: China
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: Sindicatum Carbon Capital (Cayman) Limited and Milestone Biomass Energy Co., Ltd.
 
ACM0013
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: n/a
 
ACM0017
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: n/a
 
Meth Panel response to SSC_486
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: EQAO
 
Methodology cases - SSC WG
NM065
Host Party: Vietnam
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: Tamsui Vietnam Corporation
 
AMS-III.AJ
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: n/a
 
AMS-III.AV
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: n/a
 
SSC_535
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: Climate Experts, Ltd.
 
SSC_538
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: Climate Experts, Ltd.
 
SSC_541
Host Party: n/a
Other Parties: n/a
Private and/or public entity(ies)/Project Participants: Ernst & Young, Kingdom of Bahrain
 
Registration - Request for review cases
1646 Chengbu Miao Minority Autonomous County Liuma 6.4MW Hydro Power Station Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: Netherlands
Project Participants: Chengbu Miao Minority Autonomous County Liuma Hydropower Ltd.; ČEZ, a.s.
 
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3197 Aguan biogas recovery from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) ponds and biogas utilisation - Exportadora del Atlántico, Aguan/Honduras
Host Party: Honduras
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Exportadora del Atlántico; EDF Trading
 
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3233 Argos CO2 Offset Project, through reforestation activities for commercial use
Host Party: Colombia
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Cementos Argos S.A.; MGM Carbon Portfolio, S.a.r.l
 
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3366 Waste Heat Recovery and Utilisation for Power Generation Project of Xing’an Conch Cement Company Limited
Host Party: China
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Xing’an Conch Cement Company limited; Barclays Bank PLC; Camco International Limited
 
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3586 3 MW Wind Power Project by Jalaram Ceramics at Bhachau in Kutch, Gujarat
Host Party: India
Other parties: n/a
Project Participants: M/s. Jalaram Ceramics Ltd.
 
3599 Bajo Tuluá Minor Hydroelectric Power Plant
Host Party: Colombia
Other parties: Spain
Project Participants: EPSA S.A. E.S.P.; GAS NATURAL SDG.
 
3775 Low Pressure Gas Recovery Project of Shandong Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Auxiliary Co., Ltd., China
Host Party: China
Other parties: Japan
Project Participants: Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Auxiliary Co., Ltd.; Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.
 
3776 Low Pressure Gas Recovery Project of Shandong Changyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., China
Host Party: China
Other parties: Japan
Project Participants: Shandong Changyi Petrochemical Co., Ltd.; Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.
 
4032 Methane Recovery Project of Lianyungang Jinchanglin Alcohol Co., Ltd.
Host Party: China
Other parties: Japan
Project Participants: Lianyungang Jinchanglin Alcohol Co. Ltd.; Energy Initiative Japan Inc.
 
4115 8MW Bundled Hydropower Project in Hubei Province
Host Party: China
Other parties: Sweden
Project Participants: Liangtai River Valley Hydropower Development Co., Xingsha County; Carbon Asset Management Sweden AB
 
4116 Low Temperature Waste Heat Power Generation Project in Zibo Sunnsy Cement Corporation Limited
Host Party: China
Other parties: Austria
Project Participants: Zibo Sunnsy Cement Corporation Limited; voestalpine AG
 
4133 Yunnan Tianhuaban Hydropower Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Yunnan Dianneng Niulan Jiang Hydropower Development Limited; Trading Emissions PLC
 
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4222 Inner Mongolia Goldwind Damao Wind Farm Phase II Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: Norway
Project Participants: Damao Qi Tianrun Wind Power Co., Ltd; Norwegian Ministry of Finance
 
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4274 SF6 recovery and reclamation project, South Korea
Host Party: Republic of Korea
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Solvay Fluor Korea Co. Ltd; EcoSecurities International Limited
 
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Issuance - Request for review cases
0009 La Esperanza Hydroelectric Project
Host Party: Honduras
Other parties: Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Norway, Spain
Project Participants: Consorcio de Inversiones S.A. (CISA); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.;
The Okinawa Electric Power Company, Inc.;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation;
Fujifilm Corporation;
Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd.;
Gas Natural SDG, S.A.;
Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, S.A.;
Endesa Generación, S.A.;
Kingdom of Spain - Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs; Ministry of Economy and Finance; Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy/Danish Energy Agency;
DONG Naturgas A/S;
Maersk Olie og Gas AS;
Nordjysk Elhandel A/S;
Aalborg Portland A/S; Netherlands' Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (IenM);
Energias de Portugal S.A. (EDP); Rautaruukki Oyj; Statkraft Carbon Invest AS;
Statoil ASA, Göteborg Energi AB; Kommunalkredit Public Consulting GmbH; Government of Luxembourg - Ministry of the Environment; Atmosfair gGmbH; KfW Bankengruppe; BASF SE; Schweizerische Rückversicherungsgesellschafts AG - Swiss Re;
Statkraft Carbon Invest AS; Government of Italy - Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea;
Government of Canada - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade;
Brussels - Capital Region; Kingdom of Belgium – Walloon
Region Ministry of the Environment;
Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF) , International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (the Netherlands, Spain and other Parties)
 
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1608 Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Yingkou) Blast Furnace Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: Switzerland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation; NATIXIS Environnement & Infrastructures; Camco International Limited; European Carbon Fund;
 
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Registration - Renewal of crediting period
0003 HFC Decomposition Project in Ulsan
Host Party: Republic of Korea
Other parties: Switzerland, Japan
Project Participants: Foosung Co., Ltd.;
UPC Corporation Ltd.;
IFJ Korea Ltd.; Ineos Fluor Japan Ltd.
 
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Issuance - Resubmission of previously withdrawn request for issuance
1212 Shaanxi Province Xunyang County Guihua Small Hydropower Project (SXGSHP)
Host Party: China
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Shaanxi Xunyang County Guihua Hydro Energy Limited Company; Arreon Carbon UK Ltd.
 
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1367 China Changniping Hydropower Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: Switzerland, Sweden
Project Participants: Zhenghe Hydropower Development of Zhijiang County Co., Ltd.; Carbon Asset Management Sweden AB;
 
1859 China Fujian Putian LNG Generation Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: Japan
Project Participants: CNOOC Fujian Gas Power Co., Ltd; Mitsubishi Corporation
 
Issuance - Resubmission of previously rejected request for issuance
0085 Hapugastenne and Hulu Ganga Small Hydropower Projects.
Host Party: Sri Lanka
Other parties: Netherlands
Project Participants: Eco Power (Private ) Ltd. (EPL); Netherlands' Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (IenM); International Finance Corporation as Trustee of the IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility (INCaF)
 
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0745 Demand side energy conservation and reduction measures at ITC Tribeni Unit
Host Party: India
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: ITC Limited - Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD); ABN AMRO Bank N.V. London Branch;
Deutsche Bank AG
 
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0991 Bundled Wind power project in Tamilnadu, India co-ordinated by the TamilNadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA)
Host Party: India
Other parties: Switzerland, Sweden
Project Participants: Tamilnadu Spinning Mills Association – TASMA; Carbon Asset Services Sweden AB; Carbon Asset Management Sweden AB
 
1238 N2O decomposition project of PetroChina Company Limited Liaoyang Petrochemical Company
Host Party: China
Other parties: Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: PetroChina Company Limited Liaoyang Petrochemical Company; Natsource Asset Management Corp; Goldman Sachs International; Intertrust (Netherlands) B.V.
 
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1781 Chuanhua N2O Abatement Project
Host Party: China
Other parties: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Sichuan Chemical Co. Ltd.; EcoSecurities Group Plc.
 
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Issuance - Notifications of changes/request for approval of changes from the registered PDD
0159 Moldova Biomass Heating in Rural Communities (Project Design Document No. 1)
Host Party: Republic of Moldova
Other parties: Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Norway, Spain
Project Participants: Carbon Finance Unit Moldova; FUJIFILM Corporation;
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation;
The Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.;
Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd.;
EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.;
Netherlands' Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (IenM); Endesa Generación, S.A.;
Gas Natural SDG, S.A.;
Kindgom of Spain - Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs & Ministry of Economy and Finance;
Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, S.A.;Göteborg Energi AB; Government of Italy - Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea; Government of Luxembourg - Ministry of the Environment; Rautaruukki Oyj; Schweizerische Rückversicherungsgesellschafts AG (Swiss RE); Aalborg Portland A/S;
Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy/Danish Energy Agency;
Maersk Olie og Gas AS;
Nordjysk Elhandel A/S;
DONG Naturgas A/S;
Kommunalkredit Public Consulting GmbH; Brussels – Capital Region;
Kingdom of Belgium - Walloon Region Ministry of the Environment; Statkraft Carbon Invest AS;
Statoil ASA;
Government of Canada - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; KfW Bankengruppe, BASF; SE Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (the Netherlands, Spain and other Parties)
 
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0968 Incomex Hydroelectric Project
Host Party: Brazil
Other parties: Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Project Participants: Incomex – Indústria, Comércio e Exportação Ltda. & Grupo Cassol Energia; EcoSecurities Ltd; EcoSecurities Group Plc
 
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Legend:
  • grey cell - member not present at the meeting
  • * - member has made the conflict of interest declaration to the UNFCCC secretariat
  • X - member declared a conflict of interest
  • number - member made a special statement with regard to conflict of interest (see below)
Special statements:

1. Lex de Jonge: In respect of a conflict of interest, I would like to reflect on the oath, in which I undertook to disclose “any interest in any matter under discussion before the Executive Board which may constitute a conflict of interest or which might be incompatible with the requirements of integrity and impartiality expected of a member of the Executive Board”.
In line with paragraph 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Code of Conduct, I have therefore refrained, and will continue to refrain from:

- discussing projects in which either the Dutch DNA or any of my past and present professional affiliations are involved;

- presenting or discussing evidence before the Board of a project-specific nature, which is not apparent from the documents presented before the Board.


Lex de Jonge

2. Peer Stiansen: I deem, in my personal case, that a conflict of interest will be deemed to exist by virtue of:

a) financial or property interests;
b) business affiliations;
c) nationality or citizenship;
d) government affiliation;
e) professional affiliations and interests; and
f) employment, family or other indirect or apparent interests

I have therefore refrained, and will continue to refrain, from discussing projects which have obtained a letter of approval from the Norwegian DNA, or where I am aware that the Norwegian government has entered, or plans to enter, into a purchase agreement. I also limit my participation to general points on cases, issues and projects where I am aware that a Norwegian entity has a substantial economic interest.