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Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "It's really kind of a low-cost alternative to expensive building management systems that have traditionally cost people $150,000 or more. Our solution can be delivered for $5,000. As it's always said, if you don't know how you're using it, you ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... year. Comparatively, 67% of other companies report reductions in emissions. "It's quite intuitive, really," Day said. "People respond to incentives, and if you set KPIs for staff based solely on financial metrics, they're likely to only focus on those ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... intended, tobacco kills," the fund said. "Cbus is of the view that the current targeting by tobacco companies of young people in developing countries is not a sustainable business model and opens Cbus to investment and reputation risk." Cbus also cited ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... socially - criminal recidivism, or families in which children are placed in foster care. "Social benefit bonds clearly excite people, but we are talking about intractable problems that haven't easily been solved by the state," Christensen said. "We say ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... think it is fairly universal for organisations, particularly organisations with a young workforce," Dunn said. "... [M]any people are concerned about things that are greater than the organisation they work for and themselves - it is no longer the case ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... are time intensive for both the board chairmen and for the investor or investment manager. "AMP Capital have a team of 4 people devoted to ESG, so we have the resources to engage," she said. "When I meet with the company chairmen, our analysts will often ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... from applying it nationally." Establishing a "green loans" program to fund energy retrofits across residences owned by people on lower incomes is another policy initiative, Keech said. "The second possible measure that would help is that there would ...

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... volunteer to join Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that is providing affordable clean energy solutions to people in India's urban slums. AECOM landscape architect Belinda Dods, environmental engineer Rosanna Sanderson and engineering ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon credits because there's increased volatility. In terms of the emergence of any exchange, I think that there are few people jostling for that spot, and the [Sydney Futures Exchange] is probably going to be the main one. To a certain extent, carbon ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... investment at AXA IM. "If you look at the top European companies by market cap, their board is still often made up of the same people they've always been- European men. But the good news is that they are aware of the need for change, and we came away ...