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Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Australian businesses are aware of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and many are planning strategic partnerships targeting material goals, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual ...

CEFC provides $68m finance to Geelong office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing AU$68 million to finance the stretching of a commercial property development from five to five and a half NABERS stars. Development at 1 Malop Street (Photo provided by CEFC) The CEFC is lending unlisted ...

Podcast: Australia's Affordable Housing Solution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Wales Federation of Housing Associations. Debby Blakey, CEO of superannuation fund HESTA. Jamie Muchall, business development manager at Horizon Housing Produced by Ellie Cooper. To access the podcast, click here

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Housing to "finance the purchase of management rights for 995 existing affordable housing properties and the future development of up to 60 new social and affordable homes. "We're very fortunate that we represent members in the health and community sectors ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... developing and running successful businesses that capitalize on the global energy transition and thereby accelerate the development towards a low carbon economy. Further to this, we are currently structuring a long-term note issuance programme, secured ...

Sandfire Resources completes DeGrussa Solar Power Project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... without grants or subsidies, and CEFC CEO Oliver Yates noted that the LCOE is below $100/MWh currently. "While this development also benefited from grant funding, the project shows the clear economic potential for off-grid renewables in regional and ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... (FAO), EU-funded FUSIONS project, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme). "This standard is a real breakthrough," said Andrew Steer ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Compact's Guiding Principles covers human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption as well as the Millennium Development Goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Engaging with companies on these topics can sometimes be challenging because ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Engineering from the University of Technology Delft in the Netherlands and a Master of Science in European Property Development and Planning from University College London.

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Investors and companies are working to assess, evaluate and plan to integrate the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a process supported by a wide variety of stakeholders on all side of the process. Alice Cope, executive ...