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Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... climate agendas. "The property sector has a crucial role to play in reducing global emissions and increasing community resilience to climate impacts," said Emma Herd, IGCC CEO. "Developing the investment tools to adapt existing property stock, along ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... and financial policymakers on long term carbon risk management will increase Australia's carbon competitiveness and resilience to the economic impacts of climate change."

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... from the Kyoto Protocol." Gerrard spoke at a forum during the Paris Climate Summit (COP21) hosted by UNESCO, entitled 'Resilience in a time of uncertainty: Indigenous peoples and climate change'. For her part, Gerrard spoke on a panel examining the Australian ...

Assessing net benefits of Indigenous CFI projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... purchasing the credits. Gerrard spoke at a forum during the Paris Climate Summit (COP21) hosted by UNESCO, entitled 'Resilience in a time of uncertainty: Indigenous peoples and climate change'. For her part, Gerrard spoke on a panel examining the Australian ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... economy. Although there are clear signs of progress by some companies in areas such as energy efficiency and water resilience, the sector as a whole needs to up its game. As a first step, all the large miners should be reporting meaningful GHG emission ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... "Improving the energy efficiency of low income households in social housing will help improve affordability, climate resilience and create a better living environment for tenants," Yates said. "People on low incomes are particularly impacted by rising ...

VicSuper signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... global trends, such as resource constraints, environmental degradation, to investment portfolios and financial sector resilience." See Also: VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... significantly expand its annual reporting with information around "operational emissions management, asset portfolio resilience against 2035 scenarios, low carbon energy R&D and investment, executive incentivisation during the low carbon transition ...

International Integrated Reporting Council launches Public Sector Pioneer Network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... framework to enhance transparency and accountability, linking social responsibility and sustainability to the long-term resilience of an organization. UNDP is delighted to participate within the Pioneer Network, and contribute towards this evolution ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... special to us. When we look at an organisation, we do the mainstream finance assessment, and we also judge them on their resilience. When we looked at King St Haven, they have great community support. That gives us a huge amount of confidence." [I took ...