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Natural Capital Declaration named biodiversity champion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Convention on Biological Diversity as our newest official supporter of the NCD," said Ivo Mulder, programme officer with UNEP FI and founder of the NCD. "The Aichi Targets are an important roadmap to advance conservation of biodiversity. Aichi Target ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... at Yale University, where he was awarded the 2011 McCluskey Fellowship. Sukhdev was formerly special adviser and Head of UNEP's Green Economy Initiative, and study leader for the G8+5-commissioned project The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board becomes NCD supporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... of the Natural Capital Declaration," said Ivo Mulder, programme officer for biodiversity, ecosystems services and water, UNEP FI and the Natural Capital Declaration. "A key pillar of the NCD's work on integrating natural capital considerations into the ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... PIMCO, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) AB, SNS Asset Management, Stichting Philips Pensioenfonds, Sustainalytics, Trucost, UNEP Finance Initiative, Union Investment, Unipension Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S, University of St. Andrews, and Vigeo.

James Gifford to leave Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... executive director, PRI Gifford has been PRI's executive director since its launch in 2006. Between 2003 and 2006, he worked for UNEP Finance Initiative, in collaboration with the UN Global Compact, as lead project manager for the PRI Initiative, leading ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... development of financial products that incorporate natural capital considerations," said Ivo Mulder, programme officer for UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). The NCD secretariat is made up of the UNEP FI and the Global Canopy Programme (GCP). Liesel ...

Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... in ESG communication. The Investor Briefing Project builds on earlier initiatives and draws on insights from a 2010 joint UNEP-FI and WBCSD report that summarised ESG insights from a number of international workshops involving companies and investors. ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... (INCR), the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) have asked governments to agree to "clear, consistent and predictable policies that encourage low carbon investment; knowledge ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... a conference organised by the City of London Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). "Financial institutions, including investors, have an inherent economic interest in helping secure the protection and ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... people." The Natural Capital Declaration has been developed by the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the UK-based tropical forest think-tank the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and Latin American business school Fundacao ...