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Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is establishing a partnership with Victorian energy retailer Powershop that will see the retailer donate $50 to Pollinate ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Asia (China, Japan, South Korea etc.), South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam etc.) and South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka etc.)." "We note that the term 'Asian' does not reflect the diversity of countries, ethnicities, languages ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... found there are 25 crop and country pairs that are most exposed to water risks, such as paddy rice in Bangladesh and in India, cotton in India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, sugar cane and sugar beet in Bangladesh and India, and what in China ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... performance." FCS is CDP's exclusive supply chain program scoring partner, and they are also responsible for the Nordic, Benelux, India and Australia/New Zealand regions. As global sustainability BPO partner, FCS will expand their role. In addition to ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s Responsible Investment Academy (RI Academy) is being introduced to Canada and India in conjunction with local responsible investment associations. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RI Academy is an online platform with ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is one of 17 projects recognised by the United Nations Climate Change secretariat. Pollinate Energy and the 16 other projects ...

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... institutions constituency were Peiyuan Guo, general manager and co-founder, SynTao Co, Neha Kumar senior technical expert, GIZ India, Rodney Ndamba, CEO, Institute for Sustainability Africa (Insaf), and Jorge Reyes Iturbide director, Centro IDEARSE - ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... of the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI). The BSRI focused on the US and what it labels the "Fragile Five" - Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. According to BlackRock, "Willingness to Pay" was the driver behind most of the BSRI ranking ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... London, Beijing, Montreal, Dublin, Paris and Seoul. The fund manager also has close relationships with FDC Asset Management in India and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in Japan.

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... shocks from natural, social or economic events, leading to greater credit risk. This leaves growth markets including China, India and Russia at high risk of being downgraded. Conversely, improvement in these ESG factors enhances the outlook for long-term ...