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Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Ulysses Chioatto, fellow at Western Sydney University and executive director-governance, SSAMM Management Consulting The development of metrics to measure and report on social impacts is an issue of some preoccupation in the impacting investing sector ...

Cities provide essential collaboration: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... beginning of commitments in 2020 as established in the COP21 Paris Agreement, city governments will impact on the development and application of mechanisms, he said. "The first thing is recognising just how important city action is to tackling climate ...

GRI, CDP publish updated reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... to inform decisions across businesses and entire economies. This is essential if we want to make the UN Sustainable Development Goals and COP 21 agreements a reality."

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes Climate Bonds Initiative partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... on climate, energy and low carbon transition. Climate Bonds plays an active role in international discourse on the development of new market-based climate finance solutions. Joining the Partnership Programme gives us an opportunity to increase our engagement ...

ARENA allocates $8.4m for Normanton Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocate AU$8.4 million in funding support for the construction of a 5 MW DC (4.5 MW AC) solar farm near Normanton in far North-West Queensland. Canadian Solar and Scouller Energy will jointly own ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Philippine Secretary of Finance Roberto F. de Ocampo. "GRI already helps developed countries invest millions in sustainable development activities in emerging markets to address poverty, human rights and climate change," de Ocampo said. "The sustainability ...

Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a framework for business' role in sustainable development, covering issues business must manage to earn and maintain social license to operate, according to an expert in social research. Robert Boutilier ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... representative to the UN Global Compact. There is a growing convergence of initiatives such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Finance Initiative, and the Global Compact, with resources to manage those initiatives, and corporate ...

Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... better than in uncorked bottles. Thus the Australian wine industry has previously shown itself to be a leader in the development and rollout of new technology, so why is it not doing more now to promote kegged wine on tap? Benefits of wine on tap Roll ...

GRI creates GOLD Community for stakeholders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... us to carry out our mission," said GRI Chief Executive Michael Meehan. "With last year's arrival of the post-2015 Development Agenda and the ambitious agreements made at COP 21, businesses have been called upon to take action toward a more sustainable ...