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  • Investors start to weigh water risks

    18 April 2017

    Investor interest in corporate water risk is increasing fast. A range of tools and services are being developed to help companies respond. Graham Cooper reports

  • Australian banks shine in RobecoSAM ratings

    24 January 2017

    Just six financial institutions have been awarded 'gold stars' in RobecoSAM's 2017 Sustainability Yearbook, and three of them were Australian banks.

  • Nestlé sees more work needed for natural capital P&L

    18 November 2015

    Food and beverage giant Nestlé said it will not produce an environmental profit and loss statement until it better understands the concept of 'natural capital'.

  • 2015 has seen an 'inexorable rise' in voluntary carbon pricing for corporates, says CDP

    23 September 2015

    There has been an "inexorable rise" in the number of public companies putting a price on carbon, according to a report from CDP.

  • S&P and Goldman Sachs create responsible investment indices

    25 June 2015

    Standard & Poor's (S&P) has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to create two responsible investment indices – the latest in a series of launches in the space this week.

  • ESG index launched for emerging markets

    24 June 2015

    A new index has been launched covering emerging market stocks with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings.

  • Business coalition calls for zero emissions 'well before end of century'

    08 June 2015

    A coalition of businesses and NGOs has written an open letter calling for world leaders to back an ambitious "zero emissions" policy at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) in December.

  • Why the Paris climate summit will boost REDD+

    20 May 2015

    An agreement in Paris could build on the achievements of the Warsaw Pact for REDD+ Action, and could prove a game changer for forestry, argues Mariama Vendramini

  • Water risks must not take a back seat to carbon, says Ceres

    15 April 2015

    Investors must not continue to neglect water risks in favour of carbon-related issues, according to sustainable investment coalition, Ceres.

  • Large investors accused of weak sustainable investment policies on forestry

    11 February 2015

    Most institutional investors have "poorly developed sustainable investment policies" regarding forest commodities, according to Forest 500, an initiative of the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), a UK-based think tank.