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Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... ministers with a much clearer picture of the impacts that public organisations are having on society, the environment and the economy" The Australian government has launched a pilot program aimed at better integrating sustainability disclosures into ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the bank is to develop the global movement of social finance, to mirror this global movement of the social enterprise economy." Blom noted that Triodos has a long-term return on equity of between 4 and 7%, in line with industry standards. David Rickards ...

Kenyan bank endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... declaration. The Natural Capital Declaration affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem services ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. Earlier this month, the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France announced it had issued a socially responsible bond. The â,¬80m ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... government and wider society must account for and manage the value and use of natural capital to maintain a sustainable global economy. Valuing natural capital as part of an economy is a challenge because standard investment and economic measures can ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments currently eligible with an expansion to solar energy ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... allocation approaches and mandate design for asset managers. Predicated upon the framework is an acceptance that the global economy and thus financial markets and investors are at a moment of transformational change across all three ESG areas. The Towers ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... suspects are only starting to pay attention. These include industries that are clearly very prominent in the Australian economy - agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, retail and tourism. There are immense impacts on coral reefs due to among others overexploitation ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... business, government and investors to help Australia reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a low-Âcarbon economy." Hill is an adjunct professor in sustainability at the US Studies Centre and chancellor of the University of Adelaide. ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... linked to energy efficiency, but large-scale improvements in energy usage are essential for a transition to a low-carbon economy, both to quickly reduce emissions and to buy time while we transition to clean energy," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds chair. ...