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NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... with local, national and international laws and regulations relating to forest conservation, according to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The Natural Capital Declaration and UNEP conducted a study of 30 ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... than 242,000 members and 21,000 participating employers as of the end of March. See Also: VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

CDSB launches expanded reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Water Mandate Disclosure Guidelines. The guidelines are an approach for including environmental information and natural capital in mainstream corporate reports. "There is a shared concern that financial markets do not take sufficient account of environmental ...

VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
VicSuper has become signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD), the first Australian superannuation fund to do so. NCD is a global finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance ...

Bloomberg named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Bloomberg has become an official supporter of 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 is described as the planet's ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... this year, CDSB released a draft version of an expanded reporting framework, which includes more information on natural capital calculations such as forest risk commodities and water. CDSB put the drafts out for consultation, and also issued separate ...

GRI names Michael Meehan new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... organizations are managed." Meehan will lead GRI at a time when the organisation is developing new methodologies on natural capital and around integrated reporting, and "will drive GRI's collaboration with global reporting frameworks," GRI said. "I look ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... announced that they would undertake CFI-compliant savanna burning on 13,000 square kilometres in Cape York. It is Natural Capital's first savannah burning CFI project in Australia. For all organisations that would like to participate in the CFI as proposed ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... and vegetation types. While 13,000 km is big, it's a speck on the map in Western Cape York." Although this is Natural Capital's first savannah burning CFI project in Australia, the conglomerate has experience in related projects and other expertise ...

CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has expanded its reporting framework to include more information on natural capital calculations - forest risk commodities and water. A draft version of the CDSB framework has been released for consultation. ...