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United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... not a lot of time to change so much." Pollinate Energy sells a portable solar light for 1700 rupees, around AU$30. The target market in Bangalore is the residents of slums who earn day wages. Pollinate Energy previously told The Sustainability Report ...

Natural Capital Declaration named biodiversity champion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... UNEP FI and founder of the NCD. "The Aichi Targets are an important roadmap to advance conservation of biodiversity. Aichi Target 2 is especially relevant, as it calls upon governments to integrate biodiversity values into national accounting, as appropriate ...

IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reductions. In its draft report into caps and targets, the CCA did not make a final recommendation on a 2020 emissions reduction target, but said that the current minimum unconditional target of a 5% reduction from 2000 levels is inadequate. The draft ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... for their supply chains, 3% for water management and 1% for transparency," CDP said. No company reported a public policy target for water. "Although we are seeing great strides in corporate ability to identify water-related risks, the approach to managing ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... project, said Cr Arron Wood of the City of Melbourne. Wood noted that the City of Melbourne has been cautious in setting the target of 20MW of solar installations on commercial roofs, aiming to reach out to building owners with more than 500sq metres ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has reported that it has achieved and exceeded its target to reduce carbon emissions by the end of the 2012/2013 financial year, but it included in its calculations of its reductions a re-allocation of 3,500 tonnes ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... "Local governments at the moment need urgent advice, more so perhaps than the private sector, because they're much more a target for litigation than the private sector," he noted. "The whole exercise is to seek to minimise/avoid litigation against an ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Annual reports that are based on the integrated reporting framework are useful in communicating a more holistic view of performance than otherwise found in traditional financial reports, according to an investor review for the International Integrated ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG DataMetrics, a comprehensive set of metrics to facilitate quantitative analysis of environmental, social and environmental data. MSCI ESG DataMetrics can be used in the development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ed note: Updates with information from Local Government Super, board appointment Local Government Super (LGS) has invested in a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) green bond. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS was the only Australian superannuation ...