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British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange's main market will have to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions from 2013, British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced. The British government will introduce legislation bringing in the new ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... the transition to a sustainable resilient economy." UKSIF made the endorsement at a conference organised by the City of London Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). "Financial institutions, including investors ...

RIAA to join in global report on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... will collect data in its home market. The decision to collaborate on the trends report was made as part of a summit in London. The groups also agreed to launch a global website in the last quarter of 2012 and to collaborate more closely on policy issues. ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... the request and invited the signatories to meet. Signatories included Paul Abberley, chief executive of Aviva Investors London and Global Investment Solutions, Ben Caldecott, head of policy, advisory, Climate Change Capital, James Cameron, founder and ...

Global Reporting Initiative publishes events sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... quantitative information on sustainability issues. "Sustainability is an integral consideration in planning and delivering the London 2012 Games," said Phil Cumming, Corporate Sustainability Manager at London 2012. "Our vision is to use the power of ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... schedules and changing the light fittings to more energy efficient versions. Specific initiatives were undertaken at Westfield London to reduce the energy used for air-conditioning." Purchased electricity is the global source of 78% of Westfield's GHG ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Cross and "Be.interactive." Altogether, the company disclosed contributions of AU$6.18m towards community as defined by the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) methodology, plus an additional AU$3.3m in workplace gibing donations and fundraising events. ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia and New Zealand, that AU$259m is an increase over 2010, but still lower in ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... loan guarantees and equity investments in projects. Hobley of Norton Rose said he participated in Austrade seminars in London about the legislation and said that there was interest from banks and investors about investing in Australia. "There was a lot ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... objectives in order to be clear where they should be on sustainability." Goodland, who is based out of Towers Watson's London office, was in Australia last week for internal training with local Towers Watson consultants as well as meeting with investment ...