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Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... in environmental management accounting. Her research interests include but are not limited to, environmental accounting, water accounting, and sustainability in the global wine industry. Results from Katherine's research have been widely disseminated ...

Video: Labour Rights and other ESG Issues in Asia - the highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... assessed impacts of potential labour costs and the impact of China's new environmental laws, particularly those addressing water scarcity. In addition to environmental costs and risks due to the highly water intensive nature of the textiles industry ...

ANZ appoints Katharine Tapley head of sustainable finance solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... executing ANZ's first consumer finance facilities for rooftop solar and batteries, and implementing a key partnership in the water sector with the Australian Water Association." Last year, ANZ announced it would partner with the Australian Water Association ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... assessed impacts of potential labour costs and the impact of China's new environmental laws, particularly those addressing water scarcity. "If you look at prices on garments, they haven't even tracked [consumer price inflation] CPI," Carlsson-Sweeny ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... this, because the unknowns, particularly from a legal liability standpoint." Tailings dams are more prone to failure than water dams, Vernon noted, and the elevated risk of failure of tailings dams in general has prompted the industry to review its operations. ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... child labour and Amazonian rainforest deforestation, are not concerns for Australian-based producers, for example, while water use is a concern in Australia. RMAC's SSG is currently conducting a three month public consultation and gathering data to determine ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... positive environmental outcome of their allocation by focusing on C02 emissions, C02 avoidance, renewable energy generation, water treatment and materials recovery and recycling," Jenkyn-Jones said. "We wanted to not just look at the footprint but we ...

Investors have "no place to hide" from climate change impacts: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... have our impact fund which takes into consideration a lot of factors in individual companies - carbon emissions, waste, water usage, green patents and so forth- in that. The work that was done on keeping score - figuring out the resource efficiency ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... generation (solar, wave, geothermal, wind), metering and control, green building and biomaterials, transport technologies, water and waste." The Clean Energy Seed Fund will invest in clean energy startups in partnership with established clean energy ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... financing model to multiple states in the US, and enabling financing for residential and commercial renewable energy and water efficiency projects. Renew Financial was founded in 2008 by Cisco DeVries, who created the PACE concept. PACE is a financing ...