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Video: Fossil Fuel Divestment Exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... standards for fund trustees. Regulations and legislation are changing the way companies and asset owners report on carbon emissions and exposures to future carbon emission liabilities, and more than 30 countries have a price on carbon emission. There ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... asset owners". However, the report also found that only 7% of asset owners in the index have calculated their carbon emissions, 1.4% of asset owners reduced their carbon intensity in the past year, and 2% of asset owners have an emissions intensity reduction ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... resolution. From next year, BP will now significantly expand its annual reporting with information around "operational emissions management, asset portfolio resilience against 2035 scenarios, low carbon energy R&D and investment, executive incentivisation ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... This is a harbinger of things to come." The report notes that utilities companies are responsible for 31% of total GHG emissions that that many companies will struggle under new carbon constraints, given increasing GHG regulatory schemes around the world. ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... that the market and framework that California set up is working." New Forests is not participating in Australia's first Emissions Reduction Fund auction later this month, Hanlon said. See Also: New Forests issues second sustainability report

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The government's proposed baseline and safeguard mechanism for participation in the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) are "relatively straightforward," but legal experts have raised concerns over the calculations of baselines for both current and future ...

CEFC, CBA finance car dealership energy efficiency loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... and LED lighting project by Col Crawford make very good business sense for car dealers, while contributing to reduced emissions." The motor vehicle dealers industry makes up almost 4,600 business in Australia, with annual revenue expected to exceed $61.7 ...

Melbourne, Sydney join Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Robert Doyle (photo courtesy City of Melbourne) The alliance is a collaboration committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% or more by 2050. "The City of Melbourne is committed becoming a carbon neutral city, and has a target of zero net emissions ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... verification system that is third party, independent and government approved, similar to those used under the local emissions trading schemes in China. "The central government is extremely concerned about avoiding issuing green bonds that aren't as green ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Management's Strategically-Aware Investing principles, and will invest in a portfolio of companies that have a net zero carbon emissions output, said Matthew Kiernan, founder and CEO of Inflection Point Capital Management. The fund is designed to meet ...