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Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... recertified as a B Corporation. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking B Corps are certified by B Lab and certification means meeting measures of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. "Recertifying as a B Corp ...

NAB raises $500m for first ever gender equality social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... sector-specific external validation processes - the WGEA index for the Social Bond, or the Climate Bond Initiative's certification for NAB's green bonds. This will allow NAB to explore other areas of ESG-themed vehicles, as and when appropriate external ...

Climate Bonds Standard approves Deloitte France, Deloitte Luxembourg

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... France and Deloitte Luxembourg have been confirmed as approved verifiers under the The Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative "Both these organisations add welcome depth and breadth to our growing ...

Mirvac Sydney HQ receives WELL certification for health and wellbeing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
Mirvac's Sydney headquarters has received a GOLD certification from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the first WELL certification in Australia. Paul Edwards, group, general manager of workplace experiences, Mirvac The building, at EY ...

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 ...