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Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer The third Global Investor Survey on Climate Change was commissioned by the networks of the global ...

GRESB signs up new partner, members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Robeco has EUR189 billion in assets under management and is an independent asset manager and leader in sustainability investing. See Also: GRESB hires new head of Asia

Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... work, both from the perspective of working with local communities and having something that people are interested in investing in in the long term." The stewardship agreements aren't intended to work as a stand-along business line for landowners, Walsh ...

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia, according to a study commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The study, Investing in Savings: Finance and Cooperative Approaches to Electricity Demand Management, was carried out by the Institute ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Christian Super has made an allocation to microinsurance by investing in LeapFrog Investments. Simba Marekera, policy analyst, Christian Super The AU$720 million superannuation fund made the allocation in early July, said Peter Murphy, Christian Super ...

CEFC in active discussions with project proponents

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... discussions" with over 50 project proponents, according to CEO Oliver Yates. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC officially began investing in 1 July, but Yates previously told The Sustainability Report that the organisation had begun evaluating potential ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... performing fund in 2012, returning 39.7% "This goes straight to the heart of the criticism that you sacrifice returns for investing more responsibly," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "This report blows that myth out of the water." RIAA follows the Global ...

GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... into around that. There is the idea that taking action, for instance, building infrastructure, and green space, and investing in public transit does build a better and more attractive biz community. There's a lot of research there and we cite a number ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... their superannuation fund managers invest their money. The firm emphasises its own "deep green" approach to ethical investing whens peaking to employers. "We reach out to a lot of employer groups and that's something we emphasise," said Adam Kirk, Australian ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... "The goal of the whole Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices project was to create a standard for fixed income ESG investing," said Laura Nishikawa, vice president and head of fixed income ESG research, at MSCI ESG Research. "Being from the ESG research ...