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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 ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... GEO BON - discussing how to go about generating better quality and better coverage of information on biodiversity and ecosystems." There are 168 signatories to the the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the proposed variables ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Unconventional oil and gas reserves are growing in companies' hydrocarbon portfolios, and companies are operating in sensitive ecosystems and in jurisdictions with poor compliance standards, meaning that risk exposure may continue to increase, the MSCI ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... services they provide into monetary values." Mining companies have improved reporting the impacts of their activities on ecosystems, recognising the risks of natural habitat destruction, but van der Lugt said he believes that other industries lag the ...