The Equator Principles (EP) Association has released the draft of the updated Equator Principles (EP III) for stakeholder consultation and public comment. The EP is a risk framework for identifying, assessing, and managing environmental and social risks in Project Finance transactions and has been adopted by 77 financial institutions worldwide. Key themes and areas of development proposed in ...
The Environment Agency is today launching the bidding to manage tidal flood risk in London and the Thames Estuary in what is the UK’s largest flood risk management contract. Suppliers from all over Europe are invited to bid for the Thames Estuary Phase 1 programme, which includes projects to maintain, refurbish, and replace Thames tidal defences in London and the Estuary. Adapting to ...
Piraeus Bank is the 2nd largest bank in Greece, with particular know-how in the areas of medium-sized and small enterprises, consumer and mortgage credit, green banking, agricultural banking (following the recent acquisition of ATEbank), capital markets investment banking, and leasing. During 2010-2012, Piraeus Bank ran the climabiz project (co-funded by the European Union through the financial ...
360factors, Inc., the industry leader in risk and compliance intelligence software, and Innovatus Advisory Group (IAG), a prominent risk and compliance advisory firm, today announced a joint partnership, combining 360factors’ Predict360 risk and compliance intelligence platform with IAG’s compliance and management consulting services. “This partnership provides our banking and ...
Jordanian environmentalists have challenged a government decision to push ahead with a controversial project to channel water from the Red Sea into the Dead Sea – which has shrunk dramatically over the past 20 years. In April, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is due to select a company to commence construction in June of the first phase of the so-called 'Red Sea – Dead Sea Water ...
Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today its slate of activities planned for the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference & Exhibit (RETC) underway this week in Las Vegas, Nev. A one-day field trip to two project construction sites will be held on Thursday, June 18. Participants will have the opportunity to visit Black & ...
Export Development Canada (EDC) announced today that it was elected to the Steering Committee of the Equator Principles (EP) Association last week. The Equator Principles are a financial industry benchmark for determining, assessing and managing social and environmental risk in project financing. Currently 73 financial institutions in 27 countries have officially adopted the EPs, covering over ...
In what some have described as the first major move by a Canadian financial institution in the area of impact or social financing, RBC has committed $20 million to a new social and environmental initiative aimed at facilitating solutions to social and environmental problems. "Impact finance describes a range of financial vehicles and services that use private capital to finance solutions to ...
Cranfield’s Water Science Institute has confirmed its position as a leading force for improved risk management within the water sector through an important collaboration with the US Water Research Foundation (WaterRF). In its third international research contract for the US Water Research Foundation, based in Denver, and sponsored by Calgary Water (Canada), Cranfield is developing ...
Marc Blanché from WKC’s South African office recently travelled to Ghana to present at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Health Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility Conference in Accra. The main conference themes included: Overcoming security issues faced in Ghana Lessons learnt from infectious disease outbreaks in Ghana Ensuring operation safety in ...
WKC attends the 2016 Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference in Accra, Ghana Marc Blanché from WKC’s South African office recently travelled to Ghana to present at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Health Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility Conference in Accra. The main conference themes included: Overcoming security issues faced in Ghana Lessons ...
A collaboration between Cranfield University and Portugal-based EPAL (Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres), has been awarded an International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award for a study on strategic risk management in water. A key objective for any water utility is a supply water of adequate quality, quantity and reliability. At the strategic level, other requirements ...
The Inter-American Development Bank Group delivered a record lending program in 2007, approving $9.6 billion in financing for projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the IDB’s latest Annual Report. The amount was a record high, excluding emergency loans. For the 14th year in a row the IDB was the main source of multilateral lending to Latin America and the Caribbean. The total ...
IHS (NYSE: IHS), a leading global source of critical information and insight today announced that the Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) has chosen the IHS Operational Excellence Solution as the system of record for its global Environment, Health & Safety Initiative EHS1. “Ma’aden is an industry leader with this EHS1 initiative and we’re happy to be partnering to help ...
The European Commission has launched a consultation to review the Seveso II Directive on the prevention and response to major chemical accidents. The basic structure and requirements of this legislation have remained unchanged for over 10 years. The survey is intended to provide the Commission with feedback and lessons learnt about the implementation of the directive, and focuses on major ...
A new approach giving practical guidance for engaging communities in assessing and managing risks associated with re-development of contaminated land could help to smooth local decision making processes. It recommends a set of principles that risk managers and policymakers can use to shape their community engagement activities. Public concern and potential health risks surrounding the ...
According to a report released by Ceres , an environmental investment group, banks around the world need to make significant changes towards their governance of climate change and the environment. The report observed policies and action that the world's 40 largest banks have taken in response to the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and that more than half scored less than 50 ...
Leonardo Academy is conducting a survey to begin a sustainability assessment of the fire suppression industry. Building owners, managers and occupants can fill out a 5-minute survey to contribute to understanding the environmental and sustainability impacts of this industry. To assess the sustainability of the fire suppression industry, information on fire suppression systems currently in place ...
People in the world’s poorest countries will suffer the earliest and the most from climate change, according to this year’s edition of the World Bank’s annual environmental review, Environment Matters. The report says that, due to their geographical location, low incomes, and low institutional capacity, as well as their greater reliance on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, the poorest ...
Casella has supplied a warning system to Northamptonshire County Council for 15 communities in the County. STORM Guardian is a robust rain gauge, featuring a Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (TBRG) mechanism made from entirely non-corrosive materials. The gauge can collect rainfall data remotely and mitigate the risk from the increasing incidence of high intensity rainfall and flash flooding. ...