Search Results

Showing 1201 - 1210 of 1457 results for "Standard"

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has launched is 2014 survey, its fifth year of operation. In 2013, 550 property companies and funds, managing US$1.6 trillion in value, participated in the GRESB survey. The Global Real Estate ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... bank accounts," SVA said. "This organisation would also look to build effective methods to measure social impact so a standard can be adopted by the mainstream financial investor community." There are existing government initiatives to encourage the ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has recommended that listed companies disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. This week the ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... a theme like alternative energy or green buildings, and built a passive index off of that," Salvatico said. "MSCI has standard thematic solutions, such as the Global Environment Index.... The other thing that we've seen, and it's quite interesting, is ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... social aspects." Not all countries in South America have equal rates of sustainability reporting, and there is not one standard for reporting by companies in each of those countries, de Sousa-Shields said. "Colombia, Chile and Brazil are in the top tier ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... under the FSC's standards. FSC full members must comply with standards that are relevant to their business, and under Standard 20, superannuation funds will have to comply with new governance arrangements, including a requirement that superannuation ...

Ernst Ligteringen to step down from GRI in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Point offices in almost every continent, speaks volumes about Ernst's vision of a global organization providing a global standard." The dissemination of the new G4 guidelines is underway, and as such Ligteringen and the board believe it is a good time ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Given the shift and evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... investor-focused not-for-profit promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy. It has developed the Climate Bond Standard, a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. "As it enters its next ...

CDP, FirstCarbon Solutions sign expanded partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
CDP has expanded its partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions (FCS), meaning that FCS will have an expanded role in CDP's scoring programs and initiatives. FCS will be CDP's global sustainability business process outsourcing (BPO) partner with a three-year ...