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Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... hectares of investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States in forests, rural land, forest carbon assets, wetland and stream mitigation banks, and a tropical biobank. (See article here ) In the past, measuring SROI has not ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... the biological and economic productivity of our assets; ensuring that we support the provision of ecosystem services like carbon storage, clean water, and biodiversity conservation; implementing good governance, including openness to new ideas, transparency ...

Investors should measure climate risks: South Pole Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... specific internal capabilities in the area of climate change, South Pole Group has recommended to the Senate Inquiry on Carbon Risk Disclosure. Max Horster, director financial industry and managing partner climate neutral investments, South Pole Group ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... enabled the system to perform fault-free for the trial period," Rayward-Smith said. "SunSHIFT provides the financial and carbon benefits of solar with the speed of deployment, flexibility and modularity of a conventional diesel or gas generator. This ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... LCH.Clearnet. "London Stock Exchange Group is a committed supporter of green financing and we see the transition to a low carbon economy as a major industrial trend," said Nikhil Rathi Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange plc. "Developing London ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Foresight's portfolio of environmental projects in the UK total 126MW of generation capacity once operation and an annual carbon abatement of more than 1 million tonnes CO2e. Foresight manages funds on behalf of the UK Green Investment Bank and the European ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Leonard said. "We have bans on gambling, tobacco, and the like for some clients, and they'll also look at limiting high carbon sensitive companies. So that's how some clients have looked at it and have scoped mandates out. It's really about screening ...

Cities provide essential collaboration: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... benefit and the collective benefit as part of that." Policy settings are determinative in setting the boundaries on how much carbon will be put into the atmosphere safely, Watts noted, and city governing entities have a critical role to play in that. ...

GRI, CDP publish updated reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... organisations taking steps to reduce the impacts. GRI and CDP have cited estimates from the International Finance Corporation and Carbon Trust suggesting that the global cost of climate change impacts will stand between US$ 2 trillion - US$ 4 trillion ...

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Fulbright. "Our relationship with Climate Bonds Initiative is indicative of the significance we place on climate, energy and low carbon transition. Climate Bonds plays an active role in international discourse on the development of new market-based climate ...