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ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... within the Future Fund, said Gerard Noonan, ACSI president. He previously worked with the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, and played a key role in creating the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. "Australia has a world-class pension ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... endorsement of the NCD, the first Indian bank to do so," said Yuki Yasui, officer in charge of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, a co-convener of NCD. "As emerging markets such as India continue to grow it is important to better ...

NYSE joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... on Trade and Development, the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative to explore how stock exchanges can work with investors, regulators and companies to enhance corporate transparency ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Network on Climate Risk (INCR), the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) have asked governments to agree to "clear, consistent and predictable policies that encourage ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... outcome document. The four governments have invited the Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Environment Programme to support them in the initiative, which will aim to make sustainability reporting standard practice among companies as a ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... made the endorsement at a conference organised by the City of London Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). "Financial institutions, including investors, have an inherent economic interest in helping secure ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... and local habitats of people." The Natural Capital Declaration has been developed by the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the UK-based tropical forest think-tank the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and Latin American ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... and the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), along with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and the Advisory Council of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), released a joint ...

GRI releases guidance for reporting on ecosystem services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... like plants, animals, soil and water. The guidance was developed in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and consultancy CREM. The new publication suggests indicators to assess and ...

GRI and ISO agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Nations Global Compact, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the United Nations Environment Programme. The MoU was signed in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO Secretary-General Rob Steele, and GRI Chief Executive Ernst Ligteringen. "Partnerships ...