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Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... in demand and unchanged supply of carbon credits," said Neil Salisbury, report author and Net Balance director. "This research is important because it demonstrates that co-benefits delivered alongside offset projects, can provide much needed financial ...

RIAA: majority of Australians would choose responsible super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... organised by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RIAA commissioned Lonergan Research to conduct an online national poll, among 1,026 Australians aged 18 or older. According to the poll, 54% of Australians ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... ESG assets globally through active and passive strategies in multiple asset classes. "SSgA has conducted substantial research that examines the correlation between ESG ratings and equity returns," Mitchell said. "We use this research to directly incorporate ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ESG factors and overall ...

ARENA funds UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... investigate funding models, skills and regulatory barriers for community renewable projects through a combination of research, workshops and a National Community Energy Congress, Frischknecht said. "Community energy projects encourage regional economic ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... these portfolios; and the potential impact of responsible investment strategies. The panel was sponsored by MSCI ESG Research and Barclays. Moderated by Rachel Alembakis, publisher of The Sustainability Report, the panel featured Bill Hartnett, Local ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to catalyse future projects," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "The project has improved collaboration between the research, government and industry sectors to deliver wave energy projects including coordination on regulatory matters, which will make ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... growing and the market maturing, there is a clear need both for access to the underlying metrics that support MSCI ESG Research's analyst assessments as well as for historical data," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of MSCI Index and ESG ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Analysis from Inalytics and PIRC, an independent governance research and shareholder voting adviser, has demonstrated that share prices of listed companies with high governance risk performed poorly over time, whereas the share price of listed companies ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... restores natural assets," according to information from Environment Victoria. The Future Economy Group is conducting research and creating future economy policies, which it will release in February 2014. The partnership further aims to influence economic ...