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ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... companies' rights to underwrite these offerings and take some of the risk away from the entity," said Gordon Hagart, ACSI CEO. "Obviously, transferring a risk requires you to pay a fee and we are keen to establish that the fee establish as strong a value ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... the next steps and evolution of the standard," Whitaker said. "The current technical director who currently reports to the CEO will now report directly to the Sustainability Reporting Standards Board." The overarching goal is to establish governance ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... strategies that run from risk mitigation to investment return, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Northern Trust Asset Management Wayne Bowers, chief executive officer ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... said. The firm builds upon the research of veteran responsible investment research firm Innovest, which was founded by IPCM CEO Dr Matthew Kiernan. Its "five-factor" model includes environmental sustainability, human capital, organisational capital ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... green bonds, where the ambition levels are too low to make a real contribution to tackling climate change," said Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. The Climate Bonds Initiative cites statistical from the International Energy Agency (IEA) ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia and bring its unique technology and utility-centric business model to our shores," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Sunverge Energy plans to work with energy retailers to offer solar packages that include its innovative storage solution. ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... for the development of Western Australian waste-to-gas facilities by New Energy Corporation (New Energy). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO New Energy has two major waste-to-gas projects in advanced stages of development - one at Port Hedland (Boodarie) in the ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... funds as registered managed investment schemes, according to their 2013 annual report. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management said the 10% growth in assets during the 2013 calendar year is due to an increasing asset base from the ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... around just 0.06 of a percentage point annually throughout the rest of the century," said Adrian Rimmer, The Gold Standard CEO. "Our study goes one step further, demonstrating that robustly designed and audited greenhouse gas mitigation projects additionally ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting has become a vital means for companies to communicate non-financial indicators to capital markets, and regulatory changes in the Australian market mean that companies must think through their sustainability reporting strategies ...