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Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... productivity, and identifies parts of the government's Clean Energy Future legislation as necessary to continue the transition to a low carbon economy. Some of the vehicles for that transition will necessitate and facilitate private investment of the ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... managers can price in the impact right now." Because most pension funds have not yet begun to price in those risks, the transition from high carbon assets to low carbon assets will be "lumpy", Poulter said. But failing to do so exposes trustees to fiduciary ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... public sector agencies are in an excellent position to avoid unnecessary duplication across reporting requirements and transition to GRI sustainability reporting: for transparency, accountability, and a brighter national and global future." See Also ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... independently of each other. With both owned by the government, and with other natural alignments and synergies, an orderly transition to closer integration between the two organizations would be important. RA: From LCAL's perspective, where do you yourselves ...

Citi: "Carbon bubble" represents 1-2% of ASX200 value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... The report also finds that "low cost, high quality producers with good export infrastructure may fare better during a transition away from coal." "At the moment, we value companies based on what our resource team believes is the most likely outlook," ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... continues to work with business, government and investors to help Australia reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a low-Âcarbon economy." Hill is an adjunct professor in sustainability at the US Studies Centre and chancellor of the University ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... modest market of bonds linked to energy efficiency, but large-scale improvements in energy usage are essential for a transition to a low-carbon economy, both to quickly reduce emissions and to buy time while we transition to clean energy," said Sean ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
As farmers and land managers examine the new structures of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) that will lead to the generation of Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs), industry professionals say a perceived cloud of political and financial uncertainty ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... mandate also includes allocations to green bonds - those bonds dedicated to climate-related activities that push the transition to low-carbon economies. "We are putting this into the allocation because we think that green bonds are an excellent innovation ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... International Energy Agency, there needs to be investment totaling approximately US$1tr per year to 2050 to fund the transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient economy. The report finds that in addition to that core US$174bn of fully aligned bonds ...