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Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... owners have dedicated staff, a third more than last year. Twenty percent of asset managers calculate portfolio carbon emissions, while 13% of asset owners perform these calculations, up from 10% last year. Twelve percent of asset managers assess the ...

Investa Commercial Property Fund Issues $100 million certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... ICPF portfolio, Investa said. The Investa Office Management Platform, which manages ICPF, has set a net zero carbon emissions target by 2040. Earlier this year, Investa Office Fund (IOF) also closed its first $150 million green bond. Both the ICPF bond ...

Challenges to Carbon Capture and Storage adaptation in Australia: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... plans on for Australian companies, McCullagh said. "We want to have a debate about CCS for those difficult-to-shift emissions such as from our industrial processes," she said. "If Australia wants to have an industrial sector in 2040 onwards, and if we ...

CEFC allocates $80 million to Bodangora wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... said Andrew Gardner, CEFC wind sector lead. "New South Wales has set an aspirational goal targeting net zero carbon emissions by 2050. This will require significant new investment in large-scale renewable energy projects such as Bodangora." EnergyAustralia ...

CEFC appoints Ian Learmonth as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... nesting - the duality of financial returns and a social outcome - and with the CEFC, financial return and clear case for emissions reductions and environmental outcomes," he said. "It is a combined investment process which is incredibly interesting and ...

Commonwealth Bank issues $650 million climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... deliver positive returns for investors at the same time as contributing to a reduction in Australia's overall carbon emissions." Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, praised Commonwealth Bank's "active leadership." "The Commonwealth Bank ...

CEFC makes two investments totalling $230 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia to achieve the 6 Green Star performance rating from the Green Building Council of Australia, CEFC noted. Carbon emissions from buildings account for 23% of total carbon emissions, noted Rory Lonergan, CEFC investment funds lead. "One of the ...

CEFC invests $150m in solar projects in regional NSW

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... encouraging the development of flexible capacity and large-scale storage projects" as part of the transition to low-emissions technologies. ARENA will call for expressions of interest for demonstration projects under its Advancing Renewables Program ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... Suisse said. "Furthermore, the Federal government will at some point complete its second consultation on vehicle fuel emissions standards, launched just before Christmas. This should make 2017 a big year in climate policy news." These ESG issues have ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... University of Melbourne will divest itself of fossil fuel holdings, become carbon neutral before 2030 and achieve zero net emissions from electricity by 2021, under its newly launched sustainability plan. Under the new Sustainability Plan 2017-2020 ...