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NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... portfolio. Anne-Maree O'Connor, head of responsible investment, NZ Super NZ Super has developed a four-part strategy - carbon footprint reduction, analysis, engagement and searching for new investment opportunities, the fund said. "What we're doing is ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... advisor. "This course is designed to give board directors adequate information to ask the right questions, whether it is carbon pricing, climate resilience of the supply chain, human rights risks, or reputational risks around sustainability," Jeyaretnam ...

Opportunities in the Emissions Reduction Fund for the waste industry

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunities in abatement, Bruce emphasised that there are two different pathways for generating and monetising Australian Carbon Credit Units ACCUs. The most traditional pathway is through the auction process, however in addition to that process "there ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... that's excellent, but there may be significant environmental risk associated there - 10 years from now, if they put on a carbon tax, companies with a significant carbon intensity exposure might be a disadvantage." The results of their internal research ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Equitics methodology which maps the SDGs against the companies' products, services and behaviours. The methodology applies a carbon footprint exclusion filter, and excludes companies with "major involvement in disputed activities such as nuclear, tobacco ...

IGCC, investors outline climate risks, expectations for automotive sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC Investor Expectations of Automotive Companies - Shifting gears to accelerate the transition to low carbon vehicles is a guide for both the automotive sector and investors in those companies within the sector. Noting that the UN has ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... reduce operating costs, but we're seeing businesses increasingly aware of other benefits to their business, reducing their carbon footprint, adding value to their brand and improving their productivity," said David Farr, Commonwealth Bank managing director ...

GRESB updates Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... sector and participants that originate or invest in green property bonds. "Climate change and societal efforts to reduce carbon emissions have become one of the big investment themes," said Nils Kok, CEO of GRESB. "Alternative investments such as green ...

Teachers Mutual Bank installs solar panels, LED lights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... been upgraded, and two of those buildings will export solar power to the grid, Teachers Mutual Bank said. Combined with carbon offsets, Teachers Mutual Bank said they now have "net zero" buildings - those which generate clean energy and have net zero ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Impax Asset Management has calculated that its Specialists Strategy produces net carbon reductions of 11,200 tonnes of CO2 per £10 million (AU$17 million) invested in 2015. Bruce Jenkyn-Jones, managing director and co-head of listed equities, Impax ...