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GRI and ISO agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... development, such as the Rio+20 conference in Brazil in 2012, and in other programmes by organizations such as the United Nations Global Compact, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the United Nations Environment Programme. ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... on 23 August. The legislation serves to implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has filed its first annual report to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since becoming a signatory in 2010. The UNGC is a voluntary business initiative in which signatories commit to aligning their operations and strategies with 10 human ...

Mercer's global head of responsible investment business recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Ambachtsheer established Mercer's global RI practice in 2004. She also played a role in the development of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) as the consultant to the United Nations responsible for coordinating the ...

Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Four Australian signatories to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) are standing for election to the PRI Advisory Council. Frank Pegan, CEO of the AU$4.17bn Catholic Super, Ann Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... low-carbon technology. The council originally developed its climate change policy in 2006 for use as input in the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference in Copenhagen. Post-Copenhagen, the likelihood of achieving ...

Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... towards a goal of holding the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius - an aim recognized in the United Nations Climate Convention's Cancun Agreements. The potential role of renewable energy technologies in meeting the needs of the poor ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... and trade carbon credits derived from a river hydro asset in Chile. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change confirmed to Pacific Hydro that the 158MW La Confluencia run of river hydro project ...

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will have to pay an annual fee to the secretariat from this month as the organisation embarks on a plan to increase its presence in markets around the world and provide guidance ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... the fund's ESG and Active Ownership policy framework and managed the fund's commitments in accordance with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Mercer has announced Fuller's appointment in the wake of last month's launch of their ...