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Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... having a non-functioning car can dramatically impact on people's lives, particularly those living in areas where public transport is less accessible. "It's really that situation where you have an incident where it's a car accident or similar where the ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... reduce carbon emissions, and employers will usually be driven by cost measures predominately." Markey cited work done by transport company Linfo, which reduced emissions by 36% between 2007 and 2012. Markey co-authored a study, Climate Change and the ...

Diversity Council Australia rates Asia capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... media, accommodations and food services have better distributions of Asia capability, while the worst performing were transport and warehousing, construction, agriculture and forestry, Annese said. This first report is intended to act as a benchmark ...

Pollinate Energy sells 10,000th solar light

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... sell into communities on the periphery of the city, meaning the teams have to establish networks that are efficient for transport and sales. Kolkata is a bigger city - the team mapped 70,000 households, as compared to 20,000 households in Bangalore," ...

Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
A group of institutional infrastructure investors have launched GRESB Infrastructure, a global sustainability benchmark for infrastructure assets. Investors including AIMCo, APG, ATP, Aviva Investors, CalPERS, Mirova, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ...

Climate-aligned bond universe reaches $597.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... constituting 32% of the overall growth, while 40% was due to climate-aligned rail issuance. The report found that low carbon transport constituted the lion's share of climate-aligned bond issuance, at US$418.8 billion, or 70% of the total, followed by ...

Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... the challenge will be establishing the network of sales teams - called Pollinators - in ways that are efficient for transport and sales, Seller noted. A second challenge will be in identifying the communities that Pollinate Energy will select for their ...

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The Abbot Point Port Expansion project was one of the most controversial projects of 2014, based on its exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, according to RepRisk. RepRisk released its Most Controversial Projects Report (MCP ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The City of Melbourne, the City of Sydney and 15 other international cities have launched the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) The alliance is a collaboration committed to reducing greenhouse ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Bond Standard cited International Energy Agency statistics saying that (IEA) that biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel. "The potential climate mitigation role of bioenergy is critical," said Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. ...