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LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... demonstrate that it is possible design investment strategies which meet risk-adjusted objectives and reduce the carbon footprint of their investments," Lambert said. PDC participants can use a range of strategies to decarbonise their portfolios, running ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... gives them their ESG risks but also their ESG opportunities." Northern Trust will also calculate a portfolio's carbon footprint by using Trucost as a service provider. Investors have also identified corporate governance risk in emerging markets as another ...

Montreal Carbon Pledge a building block: Cbus' Atkin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... September at the PRI's annual conference. Pledge signatories are committing to measuring and publicly disclosing the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis. "It is an opportunity for asset owners to demonstrate the importance ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... investors participating in the Portfolio Decarbonization Coaltion have committed to measuring and disclosing the carbon footprint of at least US$500 billion in assets under management by December 2015, and decarbonising at least US$100 billion of institutional ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... 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 the expenditure." ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... will be monitored," Ceci said. "Whether a very strict ESG investor will buy a bond from a company with a large carbon footprint, I don't know - that's up to them. In investor meetings, we have clients that are across the spectrum, which is a great thing. ...

CDP to broaden, enhance cities program with Bloomberg grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded CDP a three-year, US$4.1 million grant to expand and enhance the CDP's reporting platform and technical support for city governments. The grant is a broadening of CDP's relationship with its "long-standing partner" ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has developed an emerging markets fund made up of companies that have both lower carbon emissions and less fossil fuel reserves. The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) will invest in the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... critical to our move to a low carbon future," said Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "Quantifying the carbon footprint of such an organisation and reducing carbon emissions is a mammoth task, but one that can have substantial benefits for the ...

Energy Choice joins Energy Smart Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... complex in Royal Park," Lake said in a statement. "By fitting solar panels, the church has managed to reduce its carbon footprint and generate annual savings of about $2,400. The simple payback for the project is just under 4.5 years, but the church ...