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ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of solar/diesel hybrid systems in delivering cost-effective, reliable and safe power to remote locations." ARENA's investments were made to advance renewable energy technologies and hasten commercialisation by driving down cost, Frischknecht said. See ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... an important part of the picture in the energy matrix in the future." By removing the exclusion on nuclear energy investments, 48 nuclear energy companies will become potentially investible, and of that 48, 18 companies meet LGS's ESG screen from a safety ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... 15% allocated to international shares. Within the income allocation, 15 to 45% is allocated towards interest bearing investments and 5-20% is allocated to cash. The fund features screens for ethical investments and environmental, social and government ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Mining, metals and engineering companies make billions of dollars of social investments, yet few companies report on the impacts these programs are having, according to KPMG. Carl Adams, head of mining, KPMG Australia KPMG's Global Mining Institute ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... energy assets," he said. All of the suggested amendments to the policies would undermine existing renewable energy investments and halt future investments, IGCC said. "Investors are aware of the need to transition to a low carbon economy and include ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... uniform carbon pricing regime to set a level playing field and to assist in setting the risk/return parameters for investments for institutional portfolios. "Our preference is to invest in areas where it does good for the environment and fits our risk ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... report, Mercer clients have continued to become more exposed to information around climate change and its risks to investments. Birgden pointed to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and its modelling information as one source of research that trustees ...

Investors commit to growing green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... ACTIAM. "Acting on clients' behalf and as key economic players, investors do have a responsibility to take. Gigantic investments are needed. These amounts are investments yielding a return, they are not costs. To provide the necessary capital, we need ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Australian public - the Financial System Inquiry interim report released earlier this year addressed barriers to impact investments and solicits additional feedback from stakeholders. "We need to look at both of those dimensions - the hard and soft levers ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading proxy advisory firm. Previously, she has worked for T. Rowe Price and Calvert Investments. "We are thrilled to have Cheryl bring three decades of institutional level marketing experience to our executive team," said ...