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CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 first few ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... using the CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool ​ 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 - Old ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... executive. Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive Ligteringen is in Australia this week and spoke to The Sustainability Report about the latest iteration of the GRI standards, G4. G4 was launched in May and is a significantly revised document and places ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... be a professional investor seeking to maximise retirement benefits for our member," Rodwell-Ball told The Sustainability Report. "So, while we subscribe to UN Principles for Responsible Investment and environmental, social and governance principles of ...

IIRC CEO favours market-led adoption of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... stifle better disclosure and better communication." Previously, Chartered Secretaries Australia has told The Sustainability Report that without a safe harbour provision to permit forward-looking statements, corporate directors could be exposed to a potential ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... participants in all, over the three workshops, Focal Point Australia, Global Reporting Initiative told The Sustainability Report last year. Twelve Australians also participated in the GRI working groups that contributed to the development and redevelopment ...

SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... payment arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, SEFA told The Sustainability Report at the time. SEFA has more projects in the process of being evaluated for finance, Rickards said. "We have some nice projects ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) finds that there is a persistent two-speed pace when it comes to ASX200 companies' ESG disclosures - more companies than ever reporting to a detailed or comprehensive standard, but almost half ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability practices are maintained." Will Oulton, global head of responsible investment, last year told The Sustainability Report that CFSGAM was embarking on a three-year strategy to further drive integration of environmental, social and governance ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to be fully staffed by early April to consider contracts and then fund them from 1 July," Yates told The Sustainability Report. "We are in the process of detailed discussions on a number of transactions that then would be funded by the first of July ...