Search Results

Showing 171 - 180 of 204 results for "certification"

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... "Watershed has been committed for some time to the environment and this resulted in several years ago in us being awarded certification in FreshCare Code of Practice Environmental for wineries," Barrett said. "The continuing, escalating cost of power ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... regarding energy and water consumption, GHG emissions and waste, and investigates the use of voluntary standards and certification schemes and compliance with mandatory regulations." See Also: PRI, GRESB agree to closer collaboration ANREV real estate ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... facilitate transactions. The principles are also a voluntary effort to aid in market transparency without requiring certification of bonds by a second-party provider, such as the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO). ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... require assurance that low-carbon bonds have the qualities they expect of a product described in this way. "By putting certification standards in place for green bonds and climate bonds, the Climate Bonds Standard helps investors identify low-carbon ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... participants obtained energy ratings, compared to 44% for the ANREV members and 38% for the APAC sample. The main certification schemes used are LEED and BREEAM, the same as the Global sample." ANREV members include AMP Capital, NAB, Mirvac, Centuria ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... that we choose to use. " Another area of risk and potential reward in timber products is the increasing focus on certification and country-of-origin labeling for supply chain assurance, said MaryKate Hanlon, manager - sustainability, research, and communications ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... unaware of deforestation risks in agricultural commodities because of lack of traceability in global supply chains, certification challenges and regulatory uncertainty, according to CDP data. Launching the CDP Global Forests Report 2013, CDP reported ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... way." Another challenge for the development of ecosystem accounting will be developing independent standards of certification to provide reliability. "With regard to the UN's Ecosystem Accounting Guidelines specifically, I am interested in how these ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... having a supplier policy for anti-corruption but only 14% accomplished activities like managers signing "no bribery certification", 13% reported engaging in collective action and 22% reported recording instances of facilitation payments and gifts. In ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... improvement. There is a strong focus on the office sector - 60% of participants with office assets have building certification as compared to 36% for the industrial sector and 21% for retail. The GRESB report also noted that continuous monitoring of ...