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Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... up the chain." CDP noted that the best performing companies were located in India, "thanks to reducing their carbon footprint during the cement making process, in part due to better access to alternative materials from other carbon intensive sectors," ...

CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... cut household reliance on grid energy, giving homeowners more control over their energy consumption and their carbon footprint." Mirvac has committed to be net positive in energy and water by 2030, noted Sarah Clarke, Mirvac general manager, sustainability ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) have published their tenth annual Responsible Investment and Stewardship Report, benchmarking the asset manager's performance on a range of internal and external performance. Pablo Berrutti,head ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... markets with an option to align their investments more closely to their values." Last month, Acorns launched a Carbon Footprint estimator. This tool calculates a user's carbon usage based on their spending activities and is approved by Emerald Club ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches Carbon Report product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... investment carbon intensity across portfolios and investment managers. It supports the reporting of a fund's carbon footprint (eg. Montreal pledge) and provides clients additional opportunities to further disclose fund carbon exposures,." NAB Asset Servicing ...

Investors discuss investing in two degree world at RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... risk strategy that they will apply across their entire portfolio. NZ Super has developed a four-part strategy - carbon footprint reduction, analysis, engagement and searching for new investment opportunities. "We have an acronym - reduce, analyse, engage ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... decarbonise investment portfolios, such as NZ Superannuation Fund's announced four-level strategy to reduce its carbon footprint. Investors are also engaging with policymakers on climate policies, the report noted. "The election of Donald Trump as US ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The carbon footprint of a company impacts on share price, with greatest potential impact on companies in the utilities, energy and materials sectors, according to new research from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Kathryn McDonald, director of investment ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... portfolio. Anne-Maree O'Connor, head of responsible investment, NZ Super NZ Super has developed a four-part strategy - carbon footprint reduction, analysis, engagement and searching for new investment opportunities, the fund said. "What we're doing is ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... methodology which maps the SDGs against the companies' products, services and behaviours. The methodology applies a carbon footprint exclusion filter, and excludes companies with "major involvement in disputed activities such as nuclear, tobacco or firearms," ...