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NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the investment community. This along with the technical standards developed and applied by [the] New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in their programs provides the security that the projects will generate/reduce the energy in accordance ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe), Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne Health) and Monash Institute of Medical Research-Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research. "Jane and Lindsay are very well qualified to serve as directors of UCA Funds ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... can bring additional co-benefits of US$664 to the communities in which reduction projects are based, according to new research. Co-benefits of purchasing carbon credits include economic development opportunities, environmental conservation and improvements ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... on companies' fossil fuel reserves holdings and carbon emissions," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of ESG research at MSCI. "We are excited to provide with MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics a comprehensive tool for divestment screening, portfolio footprinting ...

SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... infrastructure required could be easily accessed," said Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at SVA. "Research into the equivalent UK market suggests that it can be expected to grow at 38% per year, much of which can be attributed to ...

Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson) ...

EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... meet this area of growing demand from clients, but in particular strengthening our sustainability advisory policy and research capability," said Mathew Nelson, EY Asia-Pacific Climate Change and Sustainability leader. Nationally, EY Australia's climate ...

ARENA allocates $21.5m to solar R&D projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocated AU$21.5 million in funding for 12 new solar research and development projects across the country. "The Australian Government's $21.5 million investment is being matched by strong domestic ...

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... record" AU$252 million in the year to 2012, JBWere reported, with welfare causes receiving 28% of donations and health and research seeing strongest gains with each receiving 13% of distributions. PAFs are tax-deductable philanthropic trusts that are ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... 1.9% of ASX200 executives having Asian cultural origins, compared to 9.6% of the Australian population, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA surveyed 300 "leaders and emerging ...