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IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... mitigate climate change and allows China's private sector to profit from these opportunities." IFC has worked in sustainable energy financing in China since 2006 and has provided loans of US$783 million through its partner banks to 178 energy-efficiency ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... institutional investors have implemented impact investment strategies in sectors including "agriculture, microfinance, renewable energy, small and medium enterprises, healthcare, affordable housing and community development," and in asset classes including ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... practices that have a longer return investment," BITC said. The "vast majority" of investments are focused on responsible energy supply, rather than new products and services, BITC said. Of the 98 companies that took part in the CR Index, 27 were global ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... overly concentrated. "If you simply use negative screens or some other basic limitation to ESG, you tend to underweight energy, you tend to underweight materials, you tend to underweight the US as an example," Hunstad said. "If US energy companies have ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... installed on a roof shared by the winery's barrel store and wine warehouse, and the system is expected to save AU$79,000 in energy costs annually, said Geoff Barrett, Watershed Premium Wines managing director. "Watershed has been committed for some time ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... actions to implement those policies and to reach defined objectives. It measures environmental performance data regarding energy and water consumption, GHG emissions and waste, and investigates the use of voluntary standards and certification schemes ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... president at MSCI ESG Research. "We have seen investors who have gone down the road of taking a theme like alternative energy or green buildings, and built a passive index off of that," Salvatico said. "MSCI has standard thematic solutions, such as the ...

CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with non-bank commercial loan manager Balmain Corporation to provide up to AU$100 million of debt finance to retrofit commercial properties. Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The agreement with Balmain ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... uranium mining, and weapons, and holds companies in areas including aged care, sustainable property, healthcare, renewable energy, medical technologies, education, and information technology. Ethical Investment Advisers developed the SMA to meet existing ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Senate has rejected a bill to repeal the Clean Energy Future legislation, but businesses continue to operate as if the current carbon pricing mechanism will continue beyond 1 July, according to carbon advisory firm RepuTex. The federal government ...