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SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... think Australia has failed to wake up to is where the majority of the deals come from in the US. If you look at the PACE data, 91% of the deals are below $500,000, and about 42% are under $100,000. Small is beautiful, and this is where, that comes back ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... month, Sustainalytics announced it had hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at Watson Wyatt ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... fuel metrics and screening tools to measure and manage portfolio exposure to carbon-related risks. MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics data uses current carbon emissions data disclosed by companies and makes estimates for those that do not disclose based on industry ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... understanding of the relationship between corporate and societal value 4. Change mandates and incentives 5. Improve the quality of data provided by companies and investors 6. Provide an enabling policy environment Source: KPMG

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, announced that, through its partnership with RobecoSAM, it has provided ESG data for the assessment of the companies for the DJSI. RepRisk's data was used for media and stakeholder assessment for the ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... their score last year, which was 64. Overall, 637 listed property companies and private equity real estate funds submitted data to GRESB, covering 56,00 buildings with an aggregate value of USD$2.1 trillion, GRESB reported. While overall performance ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... recapitalise "as needed", Bregman said. "Access to capital is not a limiting factor," he said. EIC does not have adequate data to predict future uptake of their clean energy programme, but Bregman notes that their pilot community in Bedford has exceeded ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... partnership with the International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance (ICROA). The research was split into two approaches - data was collected from 59 offset projects around the world, and social and economic benefits were quantified and then monitised ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... and managers will need tools designed to measure exposure to carbon risk in their portfolios, including robust quantitative data on companies' fossil fuel reserves holdings and carbon emissions," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of ESG research ...

Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson) ...