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Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... prototype Climate Bond Standard, a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery of a low carbon economy. In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments currently eligible with an expansion to solar ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... institutions issuing the bonds, and not the underlying projects. We also think that over the next decade as the global economy transitions to some greener structures that there is quite a lot of financing to go and a lot of investment is yet to happen." ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... beverage sector. Better access to nutrition is not just a growing challenge for food producers but for the entire global economy, affecting both developed and emerging countries."

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Fujitsu's global executive director sustainability, in a preface to the report. "ICT is responsible for 5-10% of the typical economy's total electricity consumption," Rowe said. "In some organisations that rely heavily on ICT, such as banks, government ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... construction and real estate companies be more transparent about the impacts their activities and assets have on the environment, economy and society," said Maaike Fleur, senior manager reporting framework at GRI. "The built environment forms the structure ...

Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... established under the legislation will mean increased costs of reducing emissions for investors, electricity users and the wider economy. "Delaying the introduction of a carbon price is a false economy," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive and a ...

Carbon price to have limited impact on superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... metrics into investment processes and identifying opportunities from companies that are better positioned for a low-carbon economy." Trucost's research also found that there is a wide variation in the carbon footprints of superannuation funds, with a ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... spread across the entire market or markets," the paper said. "As a result, universal owners collectively own a share of the economy and are effectively tied into this share in the longer term." Both the universal owner perspective and the use of ESG ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... to that, but part of the analysis would factor in the shift in the Chinese and other developing economies to a consumer economy rather than an export-led economy." But, Hodgson pointed out, the continued urbanization of developing economies bodes well ...

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... considerations, such as global withdrawal from using coal. "Australia has a tonne of minerals and resources, and that sector for the economy has been booming," Hodgson said. "If demand from emerging economies declines or if the world suddenly becomes ...