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GRI creates GOLD Community for stakeholders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Agenda and the ambitious agreements made at COP 21, businesses have been called upon to take action toward a more sustainable world. The GRI GOLD Community will help its members unlock the real value of sustainability information to support these important ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... good process for helping companies to understand their comparative levels of achievement in the important areas for sustainable and responsible business practice and providing robust guidance for where improvement might lie. It is also an international ...

Sustainalytics opens Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... senior responsible investment adviser for Sustainalytics. Prior to joining the firm, she was program manager at the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association ( UKSIF.) "I joined Sustainalytics around four years ago, when the London office was ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR Ceres) and the IGCC have published Sustainable Real Estate Investment. Implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement - An action framework, which outlines means to ...

Mirvac to build industrial estate with sustainability features

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... planning approval for its newest industrial estate in New South Wales, which the company said will become a benchmark for sustainable design and operation. Sketch of Mirvac's planned Calibre development (image courtesy Mirvac) Calibre, at Eastern Creek ...

Nordea joins Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... provider EIRIS, the Institute for Human Rights and Business, a think tank, and the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO). CHRB has been working to develop the indicators for more than a year now, and is seeking feedback from ...

Melbourne buildings retrofit with solar panels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... (STC's), a AU$3000 rebate from the City of Melbourne's Smart Blocks initiative and financing of AU$30,000 from the Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF). The 200 solar panels will generate around 53,000 kWh of electricity per year and will reduce greenhouse ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... to accounting standards. These developments will give organisations more tools to integrate commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals, said Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "There ...

AGL opens Nyngan, Broken Hill solar plants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... energy projects to reduce emissions, Vesey said, noting that in order to achieve that Australia needs to develop a sustainable energy market and overcome two barriers- energy market design and the closure of older, high-emitting power plants. The Australian ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... vulnerable ecosystems, which means these matters will need to be into account and that everyone should have an appropriate sustainable development pathway in a new, more climate stable world." Gerrard said. Article 4 paragraph six of the Agreement provides ...