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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 ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Bonds Initiative has released proposed eligibility criteria for solar assets under the Climate Bond Standard and Certification Scheme. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO The criteria specifies the amount of non-solar fuel back-up, or hybridization allowed ...

Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... animal hospital and significant tree planting and habitat restoration along the Werribee River. "Zoos Victoria's certification milestone is part of its commitment to inspire millions of visitors to live more sustainably and protect wildlife and the environment ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... transparency. "We've known about the movement for a couple of years now, and we started about mid-last year to pursue the certification process" said Terence Jeyaretnam, Net Balance director. "It's taken about four to six months to complete. The main ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... governance issues. The PRI research further found that 50% of companies said that some form of third party assurance certification on ESG activities "positively affects their appetite to do a deal," accord to the report. Respondents further said that ...

Duncan Paterson steps down as RIAA board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... powerhouse, I think," he said. "Some of the key initiatives over time have been the RIAA benchmark reporsts, the RIAA certification program for SRI funds and providers, which I think has played a strong catalytic role to develop more product in the market ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... covering almost 200m sqm in space. The research shows that Asia Pacific REITs have, on average, 24.5% green building certification in their property portfolios, while the EU has an average level of 17.5% green building certification and North American ...