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Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... in a statement. The bank has also committed up to $6 billion for lending and investment in CleanTech and environmental services by 2017 and has committed to make up to $2 billion available for lending and investment in social and affordable housing and ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Central Desert Native Title Service and the Martu people. "Under this initiative, Martu rangers provide environmental services to Newmont, supporting Newmont's environmental compliance and advancing the human rights and economic empowerment of the Martu ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... indicators, the bank reported committing up to AU$6 billion for lending and investment in cleantech and environmental services by 2017 and said that AU$43.6 billion has been lent. "Progress to date has been primarily in renewable energy including two ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the areas of as energy efficiency, clean energy, water management, waste management, sustainable living, environmental services and sustainable public transport, LGS said. "Our decision to invest in the EBRD bond reflects our longstanding view that investing ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. On the cards for Netbalance and ECO-Buy is to start moving into strategic ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the AU$6 billion the bank has said it will make available for lending and investment to the CleanTech and environmental services sector over the term of this sustainability strategy and an additional AU$2 billion that will be available in lending and ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... "The data available for conducting a robust examination of the status of biodiversity and the status of environmental services is inadequate," said Melodie McGeoch, an associate professor at Monash University's School of Biological Sciences. "There are ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. The merger comes at a time where there is a global push from a variety ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Calculating the value of the ecosystem in which a company operates can not only provide measures of the company's dependency on services such as water, land, biomass and climate control, but also offers information for strategic consideration of risk ...

Environmental services company declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
An Mea, a Perth-based environmental services company, has been recognized by Low Carbon Australia for achieving carbon neutrality. An Mea is the first environmental services company to achieve this under the Carbon Neutral Program run by Low Carbon ...
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