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MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
German solar power systems provider MEP Werke GmbH and its sponsor and private equity investor Strasser Capital GmbH, are joining the partner program of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). MEP Werke said that joining the partner program is the first step ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Organization of the United Nations (FAO), EU-funded FUSIONS project, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme). "This standard is a real ...

IGCC outlines climate change policy priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... investors' perspective is included as well, but a whole range of perspectives committees need to be included, including business, state and local governments and the community at large" The IGCC focused on the big concept policy responses rather than ...

Verdia to assist companies on energy efficiency project design

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) for the Westpac Energy Efficient Financing Program, which will finance business investment in projects to increase energy efficiency or transition to solar power. The Westpac Efficient Financing Program ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Benchmark (GRESB) has hired Lonneke Lowik as its new head of operations. As head of operations, Lowik will oversee the business operations and manage GRESB's Amsterdam headquarters. "Lonneke brings more than a decade of experience in the real estate ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... accomplishing some of the goals. As a result, part of the work in this first year post-adoption is mapping and aligning current business to the goals in a more explicit way. However, working on into the future, businesses will need to make commitments ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... contributions to the SDGs," GRI said. The partnership holds shared values including a commitment to advancing responsible business practice and the understanding that accountability and transparency are a means to advance responsible business practices. ...

GRI, Danish Institute for Human Rights collaborate on reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... collaboration comes as part of global governments' ongoing development and implementation f National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights. The partnership comes off the back of EU Roadmap to Business and Human Rights Conference in Amsterdam, organized ...

CEFC commits to Westpac Efficient Financing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed AU$200 million to the Westpac Efficient Financing Program, which will finance business investment in solar, energy efficient technologies, and low emissions vehicles. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

Investor groups publish sustainable real estate guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... framework now available, real estate investor have no reason to delay taking concrete steps to transform their routine business practice so that it addresses the climate challenge."