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YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
YES BANK, India's fourth largest private sector bank, has become a signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). NCD is a global initiative that affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna Sanderson and engineering geologist ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... activities, but noted that LeapFrog Investment's portfolio contained assets including Shiram CCL, and Mahindra Insurance, both in India, and Apollo Investments Ltd, an insurance group in East Africa. "Shiram has been serving the base of the pyramid for ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... will expand its partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS) to Australia, New Zealand, the Nordics and Benelux regions and India, bring extended services measuring supply chain carbon management and sustainability scoring to those countries. FCS is ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise, is working to provide affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums. Pollinate Energy's founders. Co-Founder Kat Kimmorley in centre of front row. Pollinate Energy has developed a business ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... world," said Teresa Fogelberg, deputy chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative. "In recent years countries like India, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US have pioneered a number of innovative policies on sustainability disclosure. This ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... research, education and action. MSI runs programs on the ground in countries throughout Asia, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Vietnam. "The intersection of climate change, urbanisation, poverty reduction and the management of natural resources ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... rate of productivity growth has also been declining as a long term trend since 1970, despite the best efforts of China and India to keep it powering along. It has fallen from about 2.2% growth in 1970 to about 1.6% now, and will continue to meander along ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... RepuTex ESG-Connect provides research on over 1,200 companies across Asia in markets including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. The platform will provide free company ESG performance reports and ESG data ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Hyderabad-based SGEL has both geographical and fuel diversification, positioning it as a leading renewable energy company in India, said Anoop Seth, AMP Capital's head of infrastructure Asia. The fact that SGEL's power generation assets are based on ...