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IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... trading pilots at provincial and municipal levels. "With IFC's networks and resources, the exchange can develop an advanced carbon trading mechanism and design innovative trading products," said Peggy Chen, chief executive officer of the Shenzhen Emissions ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... to source reliable information about the risk that climate change, climate regulation and investor activism (such as the carbon divestment movement), might pose to investment portfolios. "It comes down to, quite simply, finding the right people who have ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... 2 (ANZFF2). New Forests also completed the final close of the Tropical Asia Forest Fund (TAFF) and expanded the Forest Carbon Partners (FCP) fund in the United States into a second phase. During that time, the company also purchased an operating sawmilling ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia has been of real concern to us for some time. Combine that with the opportunity to reduce power bills and reduce our carbon footprint, as well as receiving a dollar-for-dollar grant from the fed'l government, it was a case which fully justifies ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Salvatico said. "The other trend we've noticed is the idea of optimised indices, so indices that exclude companies based on carbon emissions, for example," Salvatico said. "We have a full set of carbon emissions data from September 2009, and we have ...

CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... the most cost-effective opportunities for improving their productivity, reducing energy and overhead costs and reducing carbon emissions," said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. "This agreement will provide an incentive for major property upgrades that reduce ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government has proposed ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... of discussion with clients is the concept of stranded assets - the financial risk that comes with the risk of unburnable carbon, a concept that stipulates that only around one third of current proven reserves of fossil fuels can be consumed by 2050 if ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... property through retrofits under the TAEUF is a cost-effective means for the sector to reduce ongoing operational expenses and carbon emissions, said Ashley Robertson, NAB associate director, environmental finance solutions. "EUAs can support major upgrades ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... total index. The Climate Bonds Initiative is an investor-focused not-for-profit promoting large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy. It has developed the Climate Bond Standard, a screening tool that certifies bonds as contributing to the delivery ...