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Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... and mitigate climate change effects, while improving sustainable livelihoods and protecting natural ecosystems and biodiversity," said Cate Lamb, head of CDP Water Program. " The development of the Water Criteria associated with these interventions provides ...

Brambles talks sustainability strategy, Sustainable Development Goals and natural capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... natural capital valuation on top of that will make it more compelling. Regeneration of resources and maintenances of biodiversity will be critical to the business, and if you put a value on that and put it to the alternative- single-use, white wood packaging ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainability," replacing 10% of university car parking spaces with bicycle parking by 2018; publishing a university-wide Biodiversity Management Plan; and "developing industry partnerships that emphasize our resources for sustainability research," ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... and demand, such as in sweat shops and safety black swan events in apparel; migrant and forced labour in food, and biodiversity impacts in paper and timber," Jeyaretnam said. "In other sectors there have been international industry initiatives or regulations ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... natural capital impacts and use. "You now have this standardised framework which will assess corporate managers or biodiversity or sustainability managers who are looking at or developing a response to valuing nature," said Andrew Petersen, chief executive ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... of our assets; ensuring that we support the provision of ecosystem services like carbon storage, clean water, and biodiversity conservation; implementing good governance, including openness to new ideas, transparency in decision-making, and accountability ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... provide scope for support of projects that deliver co-benefits such as indigenous employment, cultural strengthening, biodiversity, etc," she said. "While there is work to be done by parties in the pre-2020 period, the COP21 decision and Paris Agreement ...

AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... we're looking for are environmental solutions attached to social outcomes," he said. "We're looking at areas such as biodiversity, for example, how to shift mono-crops to multicrops in the context of agriculture. We're also looking at different funds ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Similarly, when you come to look at the balance with environmental use and the effects that has on regions form a biodiversity perspective, we will be recommending things they can build into the governance structure as well." AWA has contacts in India ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... benefits for buildings and how to plan for the future of the cities, right through to the other elements such as biodiversity, climate change, and the important sustainability aspects that produce the whole picture," said Andy Chambers, a director of ...