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Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
A Climate Bonds Expert Working Group is developing criteria for water investments that can be used to back green and climate bonds certified under the Climate Bond Standard. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The working group was brought together ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
There is a business case for increasing the amount of urban green space by 20% by 2020, according to 202020 Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainability focus, across environmental engineering, environmental management, environmental studies, environmental science, photovoltaics and solar energy. "Our big contribution is in the education and research space- and I think that's not something ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... 2015. Marshall was educated at Macquarie University and holds a doctorate in physics. He began his career in the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and has 25 years' experience as a technology entrepreneur and holds 20 patents on commercial ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Investor Group on Climate Change, and the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk. The signatories also called on climate science experts to "develop clear standards for the climate change impacts and benefits of bond finance projects," issuers to ensure ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... we are developing a research effort that may make input in to the forest practice code, to make sure they're driven by science and empirical evidence. In other areas, it means going down to the asset level, asking property managers what the key conservation ...

WBCSD named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... recommendations will be based on WBCDS's Natural Capital work program and toolkit, and the Action2020 platform, which "sets a science-based agenda for business to develop scalable solutions to address the urgent needs of the environment and society," ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries will need to drop by at least 90% by 2050 in order to avoid ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) has released two draft bills to implement the changes required to bring forward the move to the flexible emissions trading scheme (ETS) carbon ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... providing investors with a scope to tilt towards lower-carbon assets. The combination of growing consensus around climate science, the potential for tighter carbon regulation and concomitant economic impacts and the resulting lower-carbon world means ...