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CDP: progress stalling on supply chain emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... billion from emissions reduction investments this year, but this is down from US$13.7 billion in 2012, the report found. Policy uncertainty has a direct bearing on the progress of carbon emissions programs in the supply chain. The CDP/Accenture survey ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... as important around that is measuring the impacts that those investments will make. For us going forward, the piece of policy work we're doing at the moment is to assess what are the types of investments we could make, and what other measures would we ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. The Liberal coalition government has said its climate policy's main objectives are the repeal of the current Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) and the implementation of a Direct Action ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... outperformed the global sample in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) in the areas of management and policy, but need to improve their implementation and measurement. As part of its sustainability report, ANREV used data from GRESB's ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... transport-related bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds chair The group consists of Michael Replogle, managing director for policy and founder, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Washington DC; Heather Allen, Transport Research Laboratory ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... an added strength at a time when we are exploring a number of business development initiatives to continue to build our policy strength and expand our member footprint around the world." During her tenure at ICGN, Waring has been responsible for initiatives ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... presentation', and [a] change to the guidance around competitive harm," said Geraldine Magarey, head of corporate governance policy, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia. The final framework also reflects a change in who the target audience of ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... provision of services that will come with the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). "Big ticket policy initiatives like the NDIS are supposedly about shifting control and choice to the consumer. Co-ops and mutuals have members ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... independence," he said. "The way the responsible investment function works is we coordinate and support the governance and the policy framework under which they operate, but they have their own way of operating as well. So we encourage the teams to come ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... transparency around engagement with politicians on climate change. That's really contentious and influential area for determining policy on climate change. It's encouraging to see ASX200/NZX50 companies providing greater transparency in that area." However ...