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Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... the members who fund us and give us the mandate." Hagart came to ACSI from the Future Fund, where he was head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Prior to that, he worked with the United Nations Environment Program in Geneva, where ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... â,¬900 million. CeGeREAL is France's first 100% Green REIT with a portfolio that has been entirely certified for its environmental qualities Meanwhile, GRESB has also announced it will launch the 2015 GRESB survey on 1 April. "The 2015 GRESB Survey ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The government of South Australia has introduced legislation that will enact environmental upgrade finance allowing commercial property owners to access finance to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. South Australia Climate ...

Towers Watson outlines framework for fossil fuel risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... you're going to have to go through this." Thomas noted that the analysis in this paper can easily be applied to other environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related topics. "We thought about whether we'd include a broader set of factors in the paper ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
A group of investors convened by Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) will seek to build increased definition and structure to support the development of the green bond market. The investor group released a statement of investor expectations ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... employees must now use a report or explain approach to provide information on strategy, results and risks in six areas - environmental, social and employee-related matters, human rights, anti-corruption and bribery. Additionally, large listed companies ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... joins the PRI from the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) of South Africa, where he worked for four years as environmental, social and governance (ESG) manager. In that role, he was responsible for reviewing and managing the implementation of the ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... report 2014-15 collected data from 3,396 companies on behalf of 66 multinational purchasers that work with CDP on environmental risks and impacts to the supply chain. This year, the report analysed suppliers across 11 economies - Brazil, Canada, China ...

CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank have financed AU$20 million in energy productivity projects for business via the Energy Efficient Loan program. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Energy Efficient ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Note: updated with comment from John Connor, The Climate Institute. Universities in Australia and around the world are doing little to mitigate exposure to climate change's financial risk, or failing to state their mitigation strategies at all, according ...