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UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Tingey-Holyoak, researcher, Centre for Accounting, Governance and Sustainability (CAGS) at the University of South Australia Business School Earlier this month, the UN Statistics Divisions released a white paper outlining the System of Environmental-Economic ...

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
... The Climate Bonds Initiative cited SEB's leadership as an example of how a relatively small bank can create significant business through promoting climate change bond issuance. "After years of hard work of early investors, issuers and banks - it is great ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... administer the AU$20m SEDIF, which was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "As we launched the SEDIF fund over the last few years, we ...

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 ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Opportunity is a narrative designed to communicate the bank's commitment to putting corporate responsibility into its business strategy. "Over the last 12 to 18 months, we've been thinking about how we communicate this better," Benson said. "We think ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... founding signatories. CDSB was by the World Economic Forum in 2007. It is managed by CDP with the mandate to provide business leaders and financial experts with practical tools to report on natural capital in mainstream financial reports. "We are pleased ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... survey has uncovered an encouraging development: Smaller companies are increasingly taking steps to catch up to their "big business" peers." Another challenge for companies was extending action down to the supply chain - the report found that while 83% ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments is restructuring its business, including a "substantial" reduction of its Canberra operations and outsourcing some functions. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director Australian Ethical announced the changes will ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... companies to underestimate their carbon impact. The report notes that 72% of the Global 500 measure emissions associated with business travel, but business travel equates to just 0.2% of the sample's reported scope 3 emissions. So while nearly all financial ...