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Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... "sophisticated, holistic approach in shifting the market off fossil fuels." Australian Ethical supports divestment from worst carbon-emitting fossil fuels, but it is also important to encourage divestment from and engagement with sectors that are the ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... portfolio on ES and G." BNP Paribas is also developing analytics to forecast risk around companies with high exposures to carbon, and how this exposure can impact on portfolios from the perspective of tracking error and market shifts akin to the global ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that institutional investors could be hit by economic costs of carbon emission policies up to US$8tr by 2030. Investing in a Time of Climate Change estimates the potential impact of climate change ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... there is potential demand for an investment option that addresses climate change by either divesting from fossil fuels and carbon intensive companies, or favouring companies that are actively reducing their climate change impacts. The fund's internal ...

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... EUAs is one of the most cost-effective ways for the commercial property sector to reduce ongoing operational expenses and carbon emissions." EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that institutional investors could be hit by economic costs of carbon emission policies up to US$8tr by 2030. Investing in a Time of Climate Change estimates the potential impact of climate change ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... to managing the investment risks and opportunities associated with climate change as well as continually improving the carbon performance of our portfolio." Last year, LGS implemented a negative screen on fossil fuels, and the superannuation fund has ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... was filed by US group As You Sow. The resolution asks Chevron to stop investing capital to explore reserves of unburnable carbon and instead return capital to shareholders. In addition to AODP and The Climate Institute, As You Sow, and SumOfUs are also ...

Carbon Trade Exchange sells EU arm to EEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) has sold its European operations to European Environmental Markets (EEM). Baden Wright, chief executive officer Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) The sale will see EEM take over CTX EU's European clients and European exchange businesses ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... on climate change. The Investor Platform for Climate Actions will track activities in three main areas - measurement of carbon emission intensities in portfolios; engagement with companies; and reallocation of capital from emissions intensive activities ...