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Green bond issuance hits US$36.6 billion for 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... green bonds in 2014. "Green city bonds became popular mid-year with issuances from the Swedish City of Gothenburg and South Africa's City of Johannesburg," the Climate Bonds Initiative said. "Gothenburg was a trailblazing green city issuer with repeated ...

bankmecu MD discusses integrated reporting implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... standards," he said. "The response from the panel was that it's too early and there's' learning that we need to do. Whilst South Africa has moved towards IR on an if not-why not basis, there are still issues around director liabilities, forward looking ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... from 15 major emitters - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the UK and the USA. These countries account for 70% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The overall report ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. Since the 2011 report, Mercer clients have continued to become more exposed to information around climate change ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... the world over the next few months in order to debate this issue. It's great to be getting the debate started in South Africa, a country that really is a leading the way in the adoption of Integrated Reporting." Other discussion forums are already being ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... and the anti-apartheid movement from the 80s that pressed investors such as pension funds to divest from assets in South Africa. Morally couched divestment movements can lead to regulations that could negatively impact on investments as well. "Trustees ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... important. That is really interesting to us, particularly in the context of Asia Pacific. We found that overall, South Africa and Asian Pacific investors really get it." However, the survey found that of the investors that are using some sort of technique ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Looking towards the future, there is a body of reporting from organisations around the world, plus the experience of South Africa, in which all companies listed on the Johannesburg Exchange must submit integrated reports on a comply-or-explain basis ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Women, was also selected, along with projects from Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Mozambique, the Philippines, South Africa and Sudan. See Also: AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI). The BSRI focused on the US and what it labels the "Fragile Five" - Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. According to BlackRock, "Willingness to Pay" was the driver behind most of the BSRI ranking changes in ...