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Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethinvest is supporting a campaign to have climate advocate Ian Dunlop appointed to the BHP Board at its November AGM. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm founded on ethical investment principles, is supporting ...

Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Australian property developers should start factoring in climate change impacts immediately or face significant financial risk, according to Net Balance. "While the local government have understood climate risk and opportunity for some time, the property ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper, bankmecu and Pacific Hydro have joined a new partnership, The Future Economy Group, which will advocate for policies that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ed note: Updates with information from Local Government Super, board appointment Local Government Super (LGS) has invested in a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) green bond. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS was the only Australian superannuation ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has developed an emerging markets fund made up of companies that have both lower carbon emissions and less fossil fuel reserves. The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) will invest in the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The United Nations Statistics Division has developed an experimental ecosystem accounting system to quantify ecosystem services and conditions in physical and monetary terms. Although the proposed accounting system is initially intended for governmental ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
International insurer Catlin Group has sponsored a survey of the world's coral reefs to monitor and assess the effects of climate change and the damage to coral. Photo courtesy of Catlin Global Reef Record The Catlin Seaview Survey is conducting the ...

SEB, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley top climate bond underwriters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Swedish bank SEB, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are the leading underwriters of labelled climate bonds, while JP Morgan, Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse lead in deal size of the unlabelled climate bonds market, according ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will collaborate to drive private sector contribution to sustainable development goals. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has become an official supporter of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). The CDSB will aid NCD with input and expertise in developing financial sector reporting on natural capital, based on principles ...