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Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Acresta, and we are confident that CarbonView will benefit our clients now and in the future." CarbonView is a streamlined data collection and reporting platform. "The demand for an online sustainability solution to assist with compliance obligations ...

RI Academy to offer Enhanced Financial Analysis course

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... practices," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "It's at a really detailed level, such as what it means when we use sustainability data in conventional valuation models, such as discounted cash flow, that traditional financial analysts will use on in daily ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... legislation in the US and the EU," she said. "It's a mixed bag. The problem is, for the investors, there's no comparable data. What we are saying is that this is obviously becoming a major criteria. With the EU and the US rules, 65% of the global market ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and DLA Piper, engaged with large listed companies both to communicate on adaptation to climate change and to gather soft data and report issues back to NCCARF. The report found that while many transnational and international companies that operate in ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... investor perspective, any regulatory policy should be transparent and consistent and have longevity, Berrutti said. But as data develops and analysis of risks goes on, it is the asset owner who has to take the responsibility as to whether the risks outweigh ...

SIRIS placed into administration, company confirms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and investment product manufacture, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Their research is based on their proprietary data software platform, PrSIM (Profiling Sustainable Investment Metrics). The company provides portfolio construction and compliance ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Indexes, will now use the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will align seven of its climate strategy questions with the CDP questions ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Michael Walsh is the recently named executive director and CEO of UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... benchmarking in the real estate sector." In the 2012 survey, 450 property companies and funds submitted information to GRESB with data on 36,000 properties representing US$1.32tr in global assets under management. Australia represented 9% of the total ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...