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Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and two other global investor groups are calling on companies to minimise methane emissions from gas and oil production through hydraulic fracturing. IGCC, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... For example, we're a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure Project. We also are a member of the Investor Group on Climate Change and I sit on the executive of that. We try and wave the flag in the way we talk about this with companies. ESG is part and parcel ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Management. Locally, other groups are looking into the issue as well. Nathan Fabian, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change, said that while the issue of "comply or explain" is of interest, there are limitations to the proposal and that IGCC does ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... using MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings. On the environmental side, they're looking at things like biodiversity, land use, climate change and vulnerability to climate change, air pollution, energy security, water security, waste management, to name a few issues. ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... to fully integrate waste management, reÂsource efficiency and water issues, yet issues such as biodiversity and climate change are not equally considered." Advancing corporate sustainability will get an airing at this month's UN Conference on Sustainable ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... permits LGS to discover which countries are resilient to ESG macro themes including financial market instability, climate change, resource scarcity, and the impact of aging populations. In addition to managing its entire government bond portfolio with ...

Pangolin Associates to partner with PKF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Associates will partner with PKF, an accountancy and business advisory firm, to collaborate on the provision of climate change related services. Iain Smale Pangolin Associates and PKF have previously worked together, including a joint project requiring ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. The report, which examines opportunities for investment in climate-themed bonds, found that the actual ...

Former SA Premier Rann appointed Low Carbon Australia Chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Former South Australia Premier Mike Rann has been appointed incoming chair of Low Carbon Australia by Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet. "Mr Rann brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, to our organisation at a time when ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... its production capacity. Brendan Morris, CEO of Plantic, Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet, and Allister Watson, Coles general manager meat delicatessen and dairy The new facility will produce Plantic eco ...