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Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... determined that bioenergy investments must deliver greenhouse gas mitigation potential, environmental, and social sustainability. Under the proposed criteria, bioenergy projects need to be certified under one of the following standards: Roundtable for ...

GRI, Fundacion ONCE launch disability reporting guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... organisations to use in communicating commitments relating to inclusion of people with disabilities. Disability in Sustainability Reporting is designed to "enhance organisational understanding of the value of transparency on disability" as relates to ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) data from AXA IM's responsible investment team, AXA IM has previously told The Sustainability Report. While it is too early to say that the ESG component of the strategy is directly responsible for the fund's ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... education and product and service labeling also mentioned. For their part, RobecoSAM identified 13 financially material sustainability issues in the technology hardware and equipment sector, and the four most important factors were innovation management ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
A group of construction and infrastructure companies have partnered to launch an online school to increase sustainability knowledge around supply chain issues. John Holland, Mirvac, Stockland, Downer Tenix, McConnell Dowell, Infrastructure Sustainability ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Women's Hospital and the University of Melbourne. ESSSuper has also included a statement on tobacco as part of its sustainability policy. "ESSSuper recognises that tobacco products have harmful effects on the health of consumers and can be lethal when ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... benefit from working with a really great team who are hiding their light under a bushel, I think," Hagart told The Sustainability Report. "How our team and the work is perceived is important with many stakeholders - the two main ones are the companies ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... savings to the lessee resulting from the upgrade works during the period to which the contribution relates, The Sustainability Report has previously reported. When passed, South Australia will become the third place where EUAs/BUFs are offered - the ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... 2014. The goal is a "consistent, durable framework for the green bonds market," according to Ceres, a US-based sustainability advocacy group. "I think it will send a signal to issuers that there is robust investor interest in green bonds and a desire ...