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IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... "Fund and asset managers should be encouraged to report energy use and the regulatory framework should support the development of training amongst practitioners to improve sustainability skills," IICGG said. "The introduction of market and fiscal instruments ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... "already engaged and campaigning to ensure that the revenues from gold mining and future mining operations contribute to development. The World Bank provides technical assistance to EITI implementation." EITI was launched in 2002 and has 36 country participants. ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Geraghty said. In addition, 12 Australians are also participating in the GRI working groups that have contributed to the development and redevelopment of standards that appear in the G4 exposure draft. John Purcell of CPA Australia and Kirsten Simpson ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The development of an Australian water accounting standard means that companies will be able to provide disclosure about water rights and obligations in a financially meaningful fashion, at a time when Australian companies are coming under scrutiny ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... lowest and highest rated positions and assessment of issues including carbon emissions, water stress, and human capital development. It offers users that analysis relative to MSCI's global equity and ESG indices. "Demand for ESG integration is growing ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... to all British large companies from 2016. Clegg announced the plan at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - otherwise known as the Rio+20 Summit. The Australian Stock Exchange does not require disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions. ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... projects generating ACCUs, and the carbon pricing regime doesn't start until July 1. Industry professions in the project development fields are reporting that while they have had enquiries from farmers, forestry developers and landfill operators, three ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... according to Mercer. Many of the bonds are issued by supranational institutions such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank. Green bonds could be considered by investors that integrate ESG into their investment ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... initiative to commit to corporate sustainability reporting, in support of paragraph 47 of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development's outcome document. The four governments have invited the Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Environment ...