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Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... funds looking to do well and do good, if you look at those three things, there is an opportunity there." The Climate Bond Standard, developed by the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of ...

Carol Adams named director of secretariat for AA1000 series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... has previously served at non-executive director, council member and member of the writing team for the original AA1000 standard, according to the announcement from AccountAbility. Adams "will focus initially on developing a strategy for the independent ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... capital to maintain a sustainable global economy. Valuing natural capital as part of an economy is a challenge because standard investment and economic measures can leave natural capital - and the impacts of its use and degradation - to the side as an ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... average NAGERS energy rating across the office portfolio, and have made commitments on an energy efficiency performance standard for their retirement living homes. Going forward, the company will continue with its commitment to achieve its FY2009 commitment ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... criteria to more than double the number of companies - from 164 to almost 400. FTSE evauates companies facing labour standard risks in the sup;y chain, places them into risk categories and then assess companies based on how well they manage the risks. ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Panel. Flannery also co-founded the African Institute of Innovation and Technology in Kisumu, Kenya. The Climate Bond Standard, developed by the Climate Bond Initiative, is a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Investment consultants Towers Watson believes that the world economies are in a period of transformation across a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and institutional investors need a similar level of transformation to their ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... said that Billabong is the only listed Australian company to sign up to SA8000, a global auditable social accountability standard, but noted "the main criticism against SA8000 is that the auditing is not as rigid as it should be." The report said that ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Report is pleased to present this interview by Katerina Kimmorley with Geoff Sinclair, head of carbon sales and trading, Standard Bank, about how UK banks have made profits out of the Clean Development Mechanism, and the implications for Australian banks. ...