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Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... covers many issues. Among other things, the bank does not finance projects that generate large-scale greenhouse gas emissions, such as fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use. The AB + F Awards are for the Australian retail financial ...

Carbon Trade Exchange sells EU arm to EEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... see EEM take over CTX EU's European clients and European exchange businesses for both voluntary and regulated carbon emissions trading. The acquisition will assist EEM in its strategic goal to become "the largest and most comprehensive environmental ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... measurement of carbon emission intensities in portfolios; engagement with companies; and reallocation of capital from emissions intensive activities to low carbon assets. The platform will identify and record the broad range of climate actions, and it ...

Pollinate Energy to open Kolkata office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... kerosene lights, which pose a safety risk, are expensive, and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. The enterprise calls on volunteers thus far from Australia that join the fellowship program to go to India and help set up ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... the strong level of interest to commit to science-based carbon reduction targets. Many companies already report their emissions reduction targets to CDP, but to date, those targets are not yet strong enough to limit warming to below 2 degrees C. What ...

GRESB launches real estate debt survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... development, investment and borrower activity in a sector that consumes 40% of energy and contributes 30% of greenhouse gas emissions globally. By capturing the ESG performance of real estate investors through the GRESB Survey, and lenders by way of ...

Video: Fossil Fuel Divestment Exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... standards for fund trustees. Regulations and legislation are changing the way companies and asset owners report on carbon emissions and exposures to future carbon emission liabilities, and more than 30 countries have a price on carbon emission. There ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... asset owners". However, the report also found that only 7% of asset owners in the index have calculated their carbon emissions, 1.4% of asset owners reduced their carbon intensity in the past year, and 2% of asset owners have an emissions intensity reduction ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... resolution. From next year, BP will now significantly expand its annual reporting with information around "operational emissions management, asset portfolio resilience against 2035 scenarios, low carbon energy R&D and investment, executive incentivisation ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... This is a harbinger of things to come." The report notes that utilities companies are responsible for 31% of total GHG emissions that that many companies will struggle under new carbon constraints, given increasing GHG regulatory schemes around the world. ...