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NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... administrative services to institutional investors, recently launched FundEdge, a reporting platform designed to provide data transparency. At the moment, FundEdge provides reporting solutions including counterparty exposure reporting and asset allocation ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... have to address proxy voting policies, change our database systems covering our fund managers to record emissions intensity data, all the way up the investment change and create a hedging strategy about this issue, where previously we'd only hedge foreign ...

ClimateWorks Australia developing GHG reductions index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... some opportunities are implemented and others are not, ClimateWorks said. "Our research means for the first time national data on low carbon activity across economic sectors will be brought together in a comprehensive and comparable way," Garvin said. ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... nomination committee. AICD said in the report that the ASX200 Snapshot Report will be expanded in 2013 to capture similar data in the not-for-profit sector and the ASX 500.

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... I do five different reports to five different bodies with the same information? Why is my sustainability team pumping out data rather than getting on with fixing things?" Another area where governmental communication was poorly rated was around authenticity ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... meet the IPCC target of 1.7% annual reductions in CO2e by 2020," CDP Carbon Action say in their 2012 report. Based on the data from responding companies in the high-emitting industries, investment in behavioural change had the highest internal rate of ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... their returns, as government and market incentives continue to drive demand for greener spaces," the report said. "Market data from [Investment Property Databank] IPD shows that this is the case for properties that demonstrate higher operational efficiency ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... scope which sustainably performance information the company would like to have assured. The report found that environmental data were the most commonly assured disclosures, followed by labour practices and product responsibility and society, but that ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "They manage all that on our behalf. It requires quite a lot of documentation, particularly on the before and after data. The scheme asks you, what equipment have you replaced, and you must submit documentary evidence of that. You need consultants' ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... of NZX50 companies reporting direct impact. New Zealand's emissions trading scheme has been in operation since 2008. The data for this year's CDP report was collected before the July launch date. At the time that CDP 2012 was gathering information, 15% ...