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AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... exposures in a positive way through investing in energy efficiency companies or service companies. That fund already has a forestry company there as one of the assets. So, there's a positive slant there through the alternative portfolio and the direct ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Highlands Building Energy Efficiency Project upgraded the building, which houses the council, Rural Fire Service, NSW Forestry and Probation and Parole. The building was officially opened this week. Tumut Shire Council received AU$1.8 million in financing ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Forestry and environmental markets fund manager New Forests has completed investing and closing in three funds in Australia and New Zealand and Asia and engaged in conservation and community engagement activities across its assets, the company reported ...

NZ Super Fund sells partial forestry stake to iwi collective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
New Zealand Superannuation Fund has sold a 2.5% stake in New Zealand's largest forestry business to six iwi organisations. The six iwi representative organisations - Ngati Rangitihi, Ngati Whakaue Assets and Te Arawa River Iwi Limited Partnership, Ngati ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... you can manage risks." In addition to the potential hedging benefits, investments in some assets, like agriculture and forestry developments, do offer valuable exposure to macro trends like the increased pricing of externalities like carbon emissions ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... of Melbourne, Carolyn Ching, program development manager, Verified Carbon Standard, Christian Dannecker, director of forestry, South Pole Carbon, Tanya Petersen, director of marketing and communications, The Gold Standard, Will McGoldrick, policy manager ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... against seven low-carbon, climate resilient themes - transport, energy, finance, buildings and industry, agriculture and forestry and waste and pollution control to derive the list. Transport bonds dominated the list of climate-themed bonds, representing ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... S. Waack is a reappointed member of GRI's board. He is partner and chief executive officer of Amata S.A., a Brazilian forestry company. Waack is a board member of several national and international organizations such as FSC - The Forest Stewardship Council ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... decarbonise the global energy system by 2020, more capital will also be required for other sectors - industry, agriculture and forestry - as well as making economies resilient to climate shocks. However, actual investment figures have lagged HSBC's estimated ...

New Forests, CEFC agreement on bioenergy, biofuel finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... may include combined heat and power projects or renewable fuels projects such as biodiesel or syngas. New Forest has forestry assets including 375,000 hectares of land and timber plantation assets in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia ...