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MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... MEP Solar Lease) offered to homeowners throughout Germany. MEP Werke will undertake to meet the relevant Climate Bonds Standards as part of a green bond program. "We are excited to seal this strategic partnership with CBI today," said Konstantin Strasser ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... launch. Prior to GIIA, Lowik was the director of research and market information, and later the director of professional standards at INREV, the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles. At INREV, Lowik "was responsible for ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... framework to analyse global listed equities through the lens of impact investment, but by leveraging existing reporting standards and mechanisms like the Sustainable Development Goals. Impact is measured as part of revenue to provide a comparable and ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... studying the initiative for applicability. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is an international set of standards for transparency in reporting in the oil, gas and mining sectors. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for Resources ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... on climate change risk, this is not captured by carbon footprinting. We think the industry needs to urgently develop standards on this and the IGCC is the best group to do that." In the report, CFSGAM detailed its new responsible investment strategy ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Professor A J Brown. There is a general consensus from all supporters of the project that there needs to be new laws and standards to support whistleblowing within corporate cultures, but little guidance as to what works and what should be done, said ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... long-term potential of companies, GRI said. "Conducting a thorough materiality assessment, based on multi-stakeholder standards, is the best way a business can ensure it discloses the information its investors and other stakeholders need for informed ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... investing aligns with an institution set of values. These people look at ESG data and come at it with a particular set of standards to- make sure that their investments are above a certain level of behaviour. They'll come at tax transparency from the ...

LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... independent assessment services including certification, validation, verification and training across a broad spectrum of standards and schemes. "For companies reporting through CDP, the value of independent, third-party verification lies not only in ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published the first set of exposure drafts of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) for public comment. GRI has released an initial set of six GRI Standards and have opened up a 90-day comment ...