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Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... 2014 collaboration is to develop robust, transparent and relevant climate change scenarios and risk factors to assist partners in implementing investment strategies that consider climate risk with both a near and long-term view. The analysis also aims ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... AP-Fonden, AP2/ Andra AP-Fonden, AP3/Tredje AP-Fonden, AP4/ Fjarde AP-Fonden, Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, California Teachers' State Retirement System (CalSTRS), Mirova, Natixis Asset Management, Pax World Management, and Zurich ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance have launched "Stop Small Problems Getting Big", a national campaign raise awareness of Good Shepherd Microfinance's no-interest loan scheme. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The campaign ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announce the results of the 2013 DJSI review. CBA was one of the largest additions to the DJSI this year, with Dow Jones ...

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has invested more than C$100m in Alterra Power Corporation, a global renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia. AMP Capital has structured a C$110 million subordinated loan facility for Alterra ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Offsetting one tonne of carbon dioxide can bring additional co-benefits of US$664 to the communities in which reduction projects are based, according to new research. Co-benefits of purchasing carbon credits include economic development opportunities ...

Pollinate Energy to partner with Powershop

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is establishing a partnership with Victorian energy retailer Powershop that will see the retailer donate $50 to Pollinate ...

Fifteen Australian signatories leave PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Capital, APN Property Group Limited, Arkx Investment Management, Australian Pastoral Funds Management, Blue Sky Water Partners, Catalyst Investment Managers, Cromwell Property Group, Five Oceans Asset management, Local Super, mecu, Orion Asset Management ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... diversity to better service clients," for example. The report noted that eight out of ten of Australia's ten largest trading partners are in Asia, and that Australia's two-way trade in goods and services totalled more than A$600 billion or 41% of GPD ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The growth of social impact investment and the development of new models for social enterprises are leading to a "new social contract" between citizens, the state and the private sector, according to Filippo Addarii, director of international strategy ...