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New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... stakeholders. Kate Levick, director of policy and regulation, CDP For businesses, NCE recommends that they adopt common standards for measuring, reporting and verifying emissions data, and include the data in integrated financial reports, while financial ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... us." Walsh declined to specify which company the coalition would be meeting with to raise concerns on consumer leasing standards. Walsh also noted that the stakeholder engagement coalition also believes that there is a stronger likelihood of increased ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
CDP, The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and ClientEarth have called upon the UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to ensure that companies in the oil, gas and coal sectors are complying with legal duties to address climate risk in their ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... organisation's decision-making process" and its mission "to empower decision makers everywhere through our sustainability standards and multi-stakeholder network, to take action towards a more sustainable economy and world." "Today, information from ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... asset owners, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and superannuation funds, and they have a need to meet regulatory standards, like the Financial Services Council in Australia, IORP in Europe, and the commitments of the UN PRI, and if you're a trustee ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... their economic lifecycle, making the right choices and installing the right equipment to reposition them to meet modern standards and become attractive to high quality tenants." EG will target bringing the properties to the equivalent of at least 4.5 ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... legal duties." The group says that the project could lead to a legal test case "if some funds continue to fall below the standards required of them." Last week, Mercer launched Investing in a Time of Climate Change, a follow up on its 2011 study, Climate ...

CDSB launches expanded reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has launched its expanded reporting framework. The framework goes beyond the previous guidelines, which focused on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), with Ernst & Young providing independent, third-party verification of the bond against CBI standards. Assets in the bond are made up of loans to wind power and solar projects, and Green Star rated commercial property buildings ...

GRI appoints Eric Dugelay to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... information. Dugelay replaces retiring GRI Board member Eric Hespenheide, who is now chair of GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board. "I am excited to join the GRI Board of Directors at this critical moment, where we are beginning to really draw ...