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MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... DataMetrics features 174 metrics on eight cross-industry ESG issues for all companies on the MSCI World Index, including carbon emissions, water stress, labour management, and corporate governance. There is four years of raw data, including water use ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has developed an emerging markets fund made up of companies that have both lower carbon emissions and less fossil fuel reserves. The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) will invest in the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... specialized field to handle the complex technical problems that accounting for and assurance of water resources, climate change, carbon trading and whole ecosystems present." One area that will have to be overcome is how corporations can attribute their ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... to company activities - scope 3 emissions. CDP raised concerns that this gap may lead companies to underestimate their carbon impact. The report notes that 72% of the Global 500 measure emissions associated with business travel, but business travel equates ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... on energy efficiency and adaptation. To date, climate disclosure on capital markets has focused on risk, notably around carbon emissions," the report said. "This needs to be matched by greater transparency on allocations to climate solutions, an agenda ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... have financed a AU$7 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit a Melbourne office tower to reduce carbon emissions by more than 600 tonnes a year. Signing of the AU$7 million EUA. Pictured from left are the EUA signatories in front ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australian residential and commercial property could reach zero carbon emissions standards in 10 years with sufficient retrofitting to reduce energy consumption, according to Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), a not-for-profit research and education organisation. ...

EY: Businesses need long term carbon policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australian businesses need the next government to implement a carbon policy that protects existing commitments and supports long-term investments that reduce carbon emissions, according to EY. The ongoing political uncertainty surrounding the current ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
The price on carbon has spurred business innovation to reduce energy and carbon emissions with minimal economic impact, but the uncertainty about its future post-election has delayed further investment across all sectors, according to a survey from ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... northern hemisphere autumn. "Solar energy seems like a straightforward fixed asset to include in our definition of a low carbon economy," said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO. "But we needed an expert working group to address questions around potential ...