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Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Biochar can be added to soil to sequester carbon and can potentially help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and improve soil health. The projects could additionally help develop CFI methodologies, which farmers can implement to generate carbon credits ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food, fiber, water, health, energy, climate security and other essential services for everyone," according to the declaration. The initiative will be launched ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability factors, the issue of a sustainably managed and motivated workforce is coming to the forefront. While occupational health and safety issues are routinely managed and reported in some industries, other issues, such as flexible working arrangements ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... start with the working group process in April/May 2012. The four new topics are greenhouse gas emissions, occupational health and safety, corruption, and biodiversity. Other topics are under discussion and will be announced later this year. Q: You mentioned ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... clear measurements of environmental management in most sectors, whereas social is more difficult to measure. Occupational health and safety can be simple in terms of measuring injuries, but 'near misses' are recorded less often. The other challenge with ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia is 56, and the industry is losing future farmers to the mining industry's lucrative jobs. That aging impact raises health and safety questions and also represents a fundamental change in the relationship between the population that lives on ...

GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... sector, providing a framework for disclosure of sustainability performance on metrics including environmental management, health and safety and emergency preparedness. The Oil and Gas Sector Supplement is aimed at companies and organizations involved ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... MSCI ESG and non-ESG indices and measure the relative ESG exposure by sector and key ESG risks including water, carbon, health and safety, and supply chain. "We are delighted to be working with LGS to provide them with the tools they need to assess ESG ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... sessions in 2012 to 18 in 2011. Henry Davis York also undertook a number of steps to address emotional resilience and mental health in the workplace, noting that the legal industry has 2.5 times the national average of depression. Meanwhile, Henry Davis ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... will assess the companies' codes of conduct regarding issues like child labour, freedom of association and occupational health and safety, the training provided to company managers and suppliers on the code, the companies' commitment to the code, companies' ...