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Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... and the disposal of corks, caps, cardboard boxes, plastic packaging and pallets. Free Flow Wines, a company in Napa, California which offers 450 wines for sale throughout the U.S. on tap, claims in the last five years to have saved 4 million bottles ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... they grapple with the human rights issues in companies' supply chain. Nimbalker pointed to legislation such as the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the UK's Modern Slavery Ac t as recent legislation that increases the pressure on companies ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... sources, reporting coal, gas, oil, nuclear, biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar and wind. Aspen, Colorado, Santa Monica, California, San Francisco and Stockholm have all set 100% renewable energy targets, while Vanuouver has set a 93% target, Canberra ...

FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... also developing custom ex-coal products that will be in line with impending legislation in Norway and the state of California. The new indexes come after the 2014 launch of the FTSE All-World ex Fossil Fuels Index Series, an set of benchmarks that omit ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... benefits including "collaborations with Native American tribes to develop improved forest management projects for the California carbon market." New Forests also launched community engagement programs in Southeast Asia in 2014 as part of TAFF, which ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Disclosure Project), The International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation ( ICMIF ) and State Treasurer of California John Chiang.

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... backwardness." No university received a rating above BB on the GUI. The top universities were all in the US - University of California was first, with Unity College and Green Mountain College second and third. Sterling College, College of the Atlantic ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Bonds, joining existing signatories ACTIAM, Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Zurich Insurance Group, California Teachers' State Retirement Systems (CalSTRS), Mirova, Natixis Asset Management, Pax World Management and the Swedish National ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... tax on high-calorie food and a peso per litre tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in 2013, and the US city of Berkeley in California, which recently became the first US city to pass a tax on sugary drinks. "A lot of companies are in denial, and that's one ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... AP2/ Andra AP-Fonden, AP3/Tredje AP-Fonden, AP4/ Fjarde AP-Fonden, Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, California Teachers' State Retirement System (CalSTRS), Mirova, Natixis Asset Management, Pax World Management, and Zurich Insurance ...