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MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... and at the same time, they get a 50% reduction or more is actually very attractive." MSCI is also gearing up to launch its green bond index offering in conjunction with Barclays. "In terms of the consultation with investors, it's pretty clear that the ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The world's six multilateral development banks will continue to "reinforce and further develop climate financing" ahead of the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Summit later this month. The African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... two dimensions - management and policy and implementation and measurement. GRESB ranks organisations in four categories - green starter, green talk, green walk and green star. "Australia/NZ performs strongest in terms of regional Green Stars," GRESB ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Offsetting one tonne of carbon dioxide 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 ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... CarbonMetrics is integrated on the MSCI ESG Manager platform and also available via data feeds. See Also: Barclays, MSCI to launch green bond index MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... that the World Economic Forum estimates that globally, $5.7 trillion dollars will have to be invested from now to 2020 into green infrastructure to mitigate climate change. It is important that institutions like the CEFC and other investment funds around ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
There is broad support for an expanded reporting framework proposed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), but stakeholders are calling for more clarification on alignment. Earlier this year, CDSB released a draft version of an expanded reporting ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... over the past one and two year periods, according to the firm. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest's ASX Green 100 had a return of 21.67% for the year ending 30 June 2014, as compared to a 17.65% return for the S&P/ASX100 accumulation ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... is in the increase in demand for institutional products or wholesale products in themed areas - a low carbon energy fund, green bonds, etc., etc." The report has found that the total funds under management in Australia and New Zealand in broad responsible ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the direct infrastructure division Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will establish the country's first unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure fund. Meg McDonald, chief operating ...