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Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... whole-of-industry snapshot that will use existing data so that there is no input required from individual farms. It is not a certification or on-farm system". Herein lies the problem. Sustainability cannot be addressed without considering the actions ...

GRESB appoints Sander Paul van Tongeren as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... the GRESB real estate and infrastructure assessments," said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) and GRESB board member. "I am personally committed to supporting Sander Paul's new role and hope to further the ...

Monash University issues world-first certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... will fund a number of projects, including a major new learning and teaching building targeting 5 Star Green Star Certification at the Clayton campus, costing $180 million; the redevelopment of the Caulfield campus library, costing $43.4 million; solar ...

Trailblazers, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch Financial Inclusion Action Plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Action Plans, with stages for implementation, monitoring, and quality assurance. Although FIAPs do not as yet have a certification stage, as RAPs have, it is envisaged that this could also be implemented with FIAPs, Godhino said. "We see the whole FIAP ...

New Forests launches third Australia New Zealand forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... will be managed in accordance to the company's commitments to sustainable forest management, third-party forest certification, and responsible investment. The fund will be managed by Mark Rogers, New Forests' managing director for Australia and New Zealand ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... channel this demand to the broad array of products in the model." The site builds off of RIAA's Responsible Investment Certification program, which has deemed 100 financial products as conforming with RIAA's standards. The new certification was launched ...

GRESB updates Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... bond outcomes to stakeholders," GRESB said. The GRESB Green Bond Guidelines further provide a list of "aspects, certification schemes and KPIs that issuers may incorporate into their frameworks and use for further monitoring," GRESB said. "A comprehensive ...

Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... and use)," according to Teachers Mutual Bank. The Debt Issuance Program was the first cash product to receive RIAA certification.

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... The data sets can be used to assess whether office buildings, proposed developments or retrofits are eligible for certification against the Climate Bonds Low Carbon Building (LCB) criteria. The trajectories have been calculated by "examining the emissions ...

AXA IM SmartBeta fund receives local recognition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... recognition - the fund has received a Morningstar Sustainability Rating of high, and received responsible investment certification by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The fund is available on several platforms, and currently ...