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Carbon price to have limited impact on superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... smaller than the carbon footprint of the ASX200 index, which "indicating a slight bias towards less carbon-intensive investments," according to AIST. "However, some portfolios invest in carbon-intensive companies in the ASX 200 that will need to cut ...

PRI signatories develop farmland principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment (PRI) in Farmland, which seek to improve the sustainability, transparency and accountability of investments in farmland. The five principles provide best practice guidelines (see below) for due diligence and oversight and governance ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... report can be used by institutional investors in considering sustainability in the due diligence for new real estate investments and in ongoing engagement with existing investments. "LGS continually monitors both the energy consumption and water usage ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... liabilities by generating carbon credits. The credits are considered a financial product under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act, and as a result, will be subject to the financial service regulation regime. "In the mining sector ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... fashions, including tilting towards or against ESG factors, taking an active ownership approach, targeted or thematic investments, and collaboration with other organisations, according to a paper published by MSCI. The paper, co-authored by Remy Briand ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... measures in the package. "For example, the package also provides financial support in the form of grants, loans, equity investments or loan guarantees that will overcome some of the shortage of capital facing investors." While ClimateWorks' research ...

Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... operations and their products. The company invests in "a range of international carbon offset projects, including investments in renewable energy, cook stoves, heat recovery and biomass projects," said Bruce Akhurst, Sensis CEO. "The Yellow Pages and ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... will release its second survey assessing the environmental and social performance of public and private real estate investments. GRESB will be used by institutional investors to engage with fund managers and listed property companies and improve the ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... body. Ann Byrne Byrne is one of six candidates to join the board. Two are asset owners -Else Bos, chief executive of investments at Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), and Priya Sara Mathur of US pension fund The California Public ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... joined the Advisory Board for GRESB. So they [GRESB] will be doing that on our behalf, and that will cover our property investments. That's phenomenal to be able to cover that off this year. Q: In terms of benchmarking your own performance, how often ...