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HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... first year, per the Reconciliation Action Plan, HESTA will work on building internal capacity, establishing a RAP working group and raising internal awareness of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. "What we plan to do ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... agreements on climate change at the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP 21), which starts on 30 November. "We have a tax working group," Reynolds told The Sustainability Report. "What we've been working on in a package of guidance documents as background ...

VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... and guidance for financial institutes on natural capital. "I'm excited to take on the role as vice-chair of the working group on disclosure and reporting, said Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper manager corporate sustainability. "Undertaking advocacy and engagement ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... research being more supplementary." CFSGAM also reported on the research conducted by the internal Stranded Assets Working Group (SAWG). SAWG was convened to conduct research into the risks of stranded assets and to develop a toolkit approach to managing ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... market is only part of a coordinated push to green the Chinese economy, Kidney said. He noted that there is a PBOC working group looking at green loans and how banks' risk coverage ratio can be adjusted to give positive weightings to verified green bonds. ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... qualify for certification. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The Climate Bond Standard's Bioenergy Technical Working Group has developed the proposed eligibility criteria. The committee has determined that bioenergy investments must deliver ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... categories, particularly around remuneration data. As part of the announcement this week, the government has established a working group to identify ways to improve the non-manager occupational categories. The working group will include outgoing WGEA ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... expectations," said Cecilia Reyes, Chief Investment Officer, Zurich Insurance Group - a member of the green bonds working group convened by INCR. "As one of the major investors in green bonds, Zurich will continue supporting the development of market ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
With 2015 well and truly under-way, experts tell The Sustainability Report that this year, companies' sustainability considerations will be influenced by regulatory and reporting changes, while supply chain management and human rights issues will rise ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... statement. "Emma Herd, our director, emissions and environment at Westpac Institutional Bank is part of the UNEP FI working group on ecological standards, and it's been a long process to get the standards in place to increase the disclosure in the space," ...