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Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... consideration of climate change." Net Balance believes property developers should start considering climate risk now, even if policy settings provide little impetus, because companies that take a lead could reduce financial risk and could also play a ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... creating future economy policies, which it will release in February 2014. The partnership further aims to influence economic policy in Victoria and Australia over the next 12 months. "Our industries and businesses are vulnerable to economic disruption ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... courtesy of BCCM) The recently launched Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) is developing a campaign and policy agenda to raise awareness about the function and power of member-owned businesses. There are 1800 co-operatives and 108 mutual ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to follow suit and start reporting, or explain why if they choose not to. Transparent and smart sustainability reporting policy is an indispensable tool for progressing towards a sustainable green economy. To help make this goal a reality, it is vital ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... water, greenhouse gas emissions and natural capital have been adopted for reporting purposes by companies. John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia, cited The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), a global initiative ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... activities like performance targets and indicators, consumption and responsible use, cleaner and safer production, supplier policy, management systems and employee training and awareness - each of those activities were reported by more than 60% of respondents. ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... to be nuanced and we will put it in simple terms - we have a sustainability position, we have a responsible investment policy that we have put up on our website, and that responsible investment policy has cascaded to the investment manager level down ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... a total GRESB score on a scale of 1 to 100. The total GRESB score is also divided into two dimensions - management and policy and implementation and measurement. GRESB ranks organisations in four categories - green starter, green talk, green walk and ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Smart global policy frameworks are necessary to reward financial markets to find the more than US$1 trillion per year that will be needed to decarbonise the global energy system by 2020, according to HSBC Global Research. HSBC said that in addition ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... technologies and strategies and proposals for zero carbon buildings. Lead researcher Richard Keech said there are three policy/regulatory areas that could jump start the process towards BZE's proposed outcomes. "One is the application of something that's ...