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Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand infrastructure assets have performed strongly in the inaugural GRESB Infrastructure Assessment for 2016. The inaugural GRESB Infrastructure Assessment has found that infrastructure fund entities' performance is "overall strong" ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian government has ratified the Paris Agreement, a move welcomed by investors. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said that the Paris Agreement sent a "huge market signal" to investors that carbon risk is a financial ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... dollar value of impact investments, according to research from Impact Investing Australia. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia Impact Investing Australia recently launched Benchmarking ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... CEO Statement of Support for the Sustainable Development Goals. The statement was an initiative resulting from the Australian SDGs Summit in Sydney in September. The 33 CEOs that signed the letter, including the CEOs of the big four Australian banks ...

Connecting off-grid communities with renewable tech: AllGrid Energy

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... diesel fuel to solar energy and power storage. AllGrid says it is "the first most cost effective storage system in the Australian market." The WattGrid is competitive with big companies such as Tesla. While Tesla offers a "4kW solar system and 7kWh battery ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... (NED), said Terence Jeyaretnam, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services and a convenor of the CISL Australian program. The CISL programs are geared to provide a framework for analysing social and environmental trends in relation ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Salvatico said. "In our research, we're mapping across the controversies to the Global Compact. So there's concern, for an Australian investor, because BHP is a huge part of the index, while for an international investor, it's one of thousands that they ...

Opportunities in the Emissions Reduction Fund for the waste industry

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... presenting opportunities in abatement, Bruce emphasised that there are two different pathways for generating and monetising Australian Carbon Credit Units ACCUs. The most traditional pathway is through the auction process, however in addition to that ...

Oliver Yates to step down as Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... defeated. In 2016, the government led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed that they would retain the CEFC and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and that CEFC and ARENA would jointly manage the AU$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund ...

ACSI issues vote warning to remaining all-male ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has informed ASX-listed companies without female directors that they will face votes against sitting directors in 2017. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO In 2015, ACSI adopted a target for women to comprise ...