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GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... integrate and adhere to the Guiding Principles while using G4. "Governments and businesses around the world consider climate change and human rights to be some of the greatest challenges of our time, yet they are often considered in isolation," said ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Environment Greg Hunt. "I am delighted to see the CEFC and ARENA working together under the umbrella of the Office of Climate Change and Renewables Innovation. This cooperation will help to drive down the cost of large-scale solar developments in Australia," ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... before." GRI is involved in the roll out of the sustainable development goals and will participate in the Paris Climate Change Summit - COP21 - but from the perspective of providing the standards that can be applied to data. "GRI is part of it - governments ...

CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... ASX 200 companies, representing nearly 85% of the total market capitalisation of the ASX200, responded to CDP's climate change investor information request. CDP reported that Amcor, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Dexus Property Group, IAG, National Australia ...

Ernst & Young joins Climate Bonds Initiative as partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Ernst & Young (EY) has become a Climate Bonds Partner. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader EY will work with the Climate Bonds Initiative to mobilise capital markets for climate change solutions, said Matthew Bell, Oceania ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... the world have activities in place that are lowering their carbon emissions output, according to the CDP's 2015 Climate Change Repor t. CDP has also released its 2015 Climate A List, which acknowledges the companies that received an A grade for their ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... challenges of this new role." See Also: ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The corporate world is on a path of "creative self-destruction" when it comes to the business response to climate change, according to a new book. Professor Chris Wright, University of Sydney Business School In Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations ...

Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... do not adequately disclose material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader Tomorrow's Investment Rules 2.0 is EY's second annual survey of more than 200 global institutional ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the commitments. The We Mean Business Coalition is expected to be recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on its NAZCA web portal, and will be tabled at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), starting on 30 November. "In ...