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Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... and I think she sort of nails it in the sense that she says we fell into the trap as a species that we're separate from nature, as if we're two entities." Wright and Nyberg discuss climate change as a business risk, corporate climate politics, the role ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... crucial that low carbon transport, rather than fossil fuel based transport, is prioritised while recognising the special nature of the transport sector and the complexity of players across modes and functions. Green bonds can play a huge role in financing ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... year some formal language around shareholder resolutions," Davidson said. "Companies and resolutions vary a lot in their nature, and it means that we need to take each case on a case-by-case basis, what we want to see is companies entering into a dialogue ...

International Integrated Reporting Council appoints new board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... development," Melancon said. "The appointment of a board with diverse global experience, with very senior people who reflect the nature of the global coalition, marks an exciting milestone in the IIRC's development, as we continue to see worldwide adoption ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... (UNHCR) and the Australian Human Rights Commission, have found that the mandatory, prolonged, indefinite, and nonreviewable nature of detention at asylum seeker processing centres breaches the fundamental principles of international human rights law." ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... governmental legislative and regulatory action, but can have impacts beyond individual legal jurisdictions because of the nature of multinational corporations (MNCs), said Kate Levick, director of policy and regulation at CDP. "[For example], the recommendation ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... to credit analysis of proposals specific to the sector. "One of the things that is specific to project of this kind of nature, and is fundamental to infrastructure, is that they're quite lengthy," Tonkin said. "The process from day dot to close can be ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... it's got to support the mission and it's got to with what you want to do. The profile of the investments has to match the nature and he characteristics of the mission." While larger endowments are grappling with this issue, smaller non-profits are just ...

Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... reached saturation point, even in communities in Bangalore where they have established a sales team because of the mobile nature of the residents in the communities. "Some of our customers, the people we work with in the cities, are from rural India ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... multi-team working group would need to have certain characteristic like being emerging issues that are complex and long-term in nature and which are relevant to multiple asset classes." See Also: CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure ...