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202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Adelaide, where Seed Consulting helped to facilitate part of the workshop. The tour starte around the same time as CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences published a report find that if green spaces in Australian cities were doubled, "heat wave related deaths in ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... outcomes, which Gold Standard noted "are widely used and incorporated in recent initiatives such as The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)." Although the report didn't analyse any ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... has that front and centre in the mind," Welsh said. "When we purchase a property, we think about the potential for ecosystems services. If you accept the theory that we've reached the planet's limits, you have to treat benefits from natural capital as ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... innovative business solutions in the WBCSD's Action2020 plan." Earlier this year, the WBCSD set up a "Natural Capital Ecosystems platform", covering natural, social and financial capital. The platform covers WBCSD's work on water, ecosystems, forests ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... adviser and Head of UNEP's Green Economy Initiative, and study leader for the G8+5-commissioned project The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), where he was appointed by the EU Commission and Germany. He has previously worked at Deutsche ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... reporting purposes by companies. John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia, cited The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), a global initiative that has developed standards for measuring the economic benefits of biodiversity ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... support humans by providing food, livelihood and coastal protection. The story of the coral reefs is a story about ecosystems really - it's an analogy for other ecosystems, whether it's agricultural systems or rain forests. Small changes in environmental ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Board among the supporters of the Natural Capital Declaration," said Ivo Mulder, programme officer for biodiversity, ecosystems services and water, UNEP FI and the Natural Capital Declaration. "A key pillar of the NCD's work on integrating natural capital ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... projects in the region. "Ensuring that palm oil contributes to economic development while also conserving precious ecosystems requires a major shift away from business as usual," O'Gorman said. "Companies must ensure that unsustainable practices are ...

University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... national priority be given to understanding and mapping connections between energy, water, carbon, climate, agriculture, ecosystems, the economy and society to ensure Australia's future food security and to maintain resiliency in the face of future climate ...