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Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... across the company's global operations. The Newmont case study looks at the company's Wiluna Martu land management collaboration with the Central Desert Native Title Service and the Martu people. "Under this initiative, Martu rangers provide environmental ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... important current and future trends in the sustainability reporting landscape." The GRI Taxonomy 2013 was developed in collaboration with Deloitte, GRI said. GRI has also launched G4 Online, which is a free website that presents the complete content ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... share lessons learnt to catalyse future projects," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "The project has improved collaboration between the research, government and industry sectors to deliver wave energy projects including coordination on regulatory matters ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... have pledged to "support and empower" businesses to take action on sustainable development. The GRI said that the collaboration is a strategic step in a post-2015 development agenda, as first articulated in the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012. Sustainable ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... are industry group leaders in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. S&P Dow Jones Indices, in collaboration with RobecoSAM, have announced that the DJSI World Index 2013/2014 will have 333 components after 39 additions and 47 deletions. ...

James Gifford to leave Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... PRI's executive director since its launch in 2006. Between 2003 and 2006, he worked for UNEP Finance Initiative, in collaboration with the UN Global Compact, as lead project manager for the PRI Initiative, leading the process to develop and draft the ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that falls short of linking the two markets together. The MOU calls for collaboration and information sharing, but it does not set the stage for the Australian and Californian markets to link, Norton Rose Fulbright ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Finance Corporation have agreed to collaborate to finance bioenergy and biofuel developments. Under the collaboration agreement, New Forests will develop opportunities in renewable energy complementing regional forest sectors, which may ...

NYSE joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... manner, and by leveraging the unique power of our platform and our NYSE Euronext community, we empower learning and collaboration within the broader corporate sector." In 2012, NYSE Euronext achieved carbon-neutral status for the third year in a row ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Wind Farm will facilitate our on-going activities in Australia and we look forward to the opportunity for further collaboration." The CEFC provided finance on the same terms as other syndicate members, Yates said. Meanwhile, CEFC has also committed AU$50 ...