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Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... story. That will be a continued part of the growth." Kidney noted that desalinisation plants can meet CBI green bond standards if they are coupled with renewable energy.

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... more opportunities for young women in particular, we need to make it a little bit easier." We don't want to lower our standards of course but the "little bit easier" is the foot in the door page, and the foot in the door is about more opportunities beyond ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The guide discourages businesses from selecting SDGs and related targets based on what is easiest to report on, but rather ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... for reporting requirements related to Australian employees and gender pay equity is minimal under the WGEA reporting standards," said Nina Haysler, CAER's research project manager. "Companies are not even required to publicly publish a quantitative figure ...

UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... organisations with sustainable and ethical practices. B Corps are certified by the non-profit B Lab as meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "B Corp is to sustainable business what Fair Trade ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... companies in 2017. Meanwhile, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), in conjunction with Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) have released Sustainability reporting in Australia ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... developed a packaging sustainability performance framework, built on a comprehensive review of existing international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... developed a packaging sustainability performance framework, built on a comprehensive review of existing international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International ...

Sodexo Australia moves to cage free eggs for fresh egg supply

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... to ensure that only cage-free eggs are going to Sodexo, the farms are being third party audited to the industry Egg Standards Australia accreditation, said Bruce De Lacy, Farm Pride Foods chief operations officer. "Basically, because we'd had a partnership ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... nature of responsible investment, including establishing an EU classification system for sustainable activities, creating standards and labels for green financial products, while also developing sustainability benchmarks and clarifying institutional ...