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Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... companies" - companies actively seeking to reduce their carbon exposures. The mix should result in a neutral carbon emissions footprint for investors, Noble said. "What we're trying to do here, and this is the difference between a low-carbon fund and ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 sector regulators and shareholders should require ...

CEFC signs $50m asset financing agreement with Firstmac

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... (CEFC) CEO The agreement will see the CEFC and Firstmac extend personal and business finance for the adoption of low emissions and electric vehicles and solar and energy efficient equipment in buildings. "This financing program is available for a wide ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Low-Carbon solution takes companies that performs in the upper quintile of the NTQS and reduces carbon exposures from carbon emissions and potential carbon emissions from fossil fuel reserves. "This solution combines the virtues of factor-based investing ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... fuels," Palmer said. "Decarbonisation is, what does the world need to be to get to 2 degrees? There's a limited amount of emissions we can put unto atmosphere, and we might even be beyond that point. It's saying, that's where we need to be, what does ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... have a "substantial and beneficial cross-economy impact," Yates said. "About 20% of Australia's national greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings, and commercial buildings account for nearly half of these," Yates said in a statement. "More than 90% ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... be new urgency to the calls, influenced by the possibility of a global agreement to cap global warming and cut global emissions at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, and also because activists are threatening legal challenges to those ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... commercial operators in rural and regional Australia can benefit from lower energy and operating costs, while reducing emissions."

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... of the most cost-effective ways for the commercial property sector to reduce ongoing operational expenses and carbon emissions." EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. ...

CDSB launches expanded reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... guidelines, which focused on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions, and now covers fossil fuels, water stewardship and forest commodities. It has also been influenced by the CEO Water Mandate ...