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CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Oliver Yates. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC officially began investing in 1 July, but Yates previously told The Sustainability Report that the organisation had begun evaluating potential projects ahead of that formal launch. As a result, within the ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... about it through the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) clearinghouse, said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "When you're looking at issues around the supply chain and emerging markets and what is acceptable in terms of both ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Investment Alliance (GSIA) in breaking responsible investment down into five categories - screening of investments, sustainability themed investing, impact/community investing, integration of ESG factors and corporate engagement and shareholder action. ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The corporate sustainability commitments outlined in the Rio+20 2012 outcome document are too weak and represent a missed opportunity to catalyse corporate action, according to a new report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Species using the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool รข€‹ methodology for its two projects, telling The Sustainability Report that it is the only currently approved methodology that does not entail destructive sampling. Both sites are in Victoria ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... investment universe." See Also: LGS buys into IFC green bond issue Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been highlighted for its improved sustainability performance, one of five "mega cap" companies to receive upgraded scores in the EIRIS Global Sustainability Report 2013. EIRIS's sustainability ratings assess corporate ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... the Nordics and Benelux regions and India, bring extended services measuring supply chain carbon management and sustainability scoring to those countries. FCS is the scoring partner for CDP's supply chain program and has built a system based on CDP's ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... governments and regulators need to foster a level playing field in which at least large companies are disclosing sustainability data, said Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive Ligteringen is in Australia this ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... MSCI's ESG research. The three categories - Barclays MSCI Socially Responsible (SRI) Indices, the Barclays MSCI Sustainability Indices, and the Barclays MSCI ESG Weighted Indices - cater to different ESG investment objectives. "The goal of the whole ...