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NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... most popular methodologies are forest protection and forest regeneration, and the reason for that is that there are less capital costs to those projects," Harris said. "If you have to buy the seedlings and prepare the land and then plant, its' expensive ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporations clearly don't have time because of quarterly shareholder pressure. Do they have money? No, because they're returning capital to shareholders, and do they have intent? Questionable. Who has time, money and can leverage intent? Superannuation ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that allocate capital to carbon emissions reductions generate positive return on investment (ROI) of 33.6%, creating US$15.1 billion in value, according to CDP's third annual Carbon Action report. CDP's Carbon Action initiative is backed by ...

IIRC, SASB to collaborate on compatability of frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Integrated Reporting Framework. "SASB's standards are a practical implementation of Integrated Reporting in the context of U.S. capital markets," Rogers said. "The missions of SASB and the IIRC are aligned, and formalizing our partnership will strengthen ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... focus, we think the Principles will help enable investor decision making, bolster investor confidence and help increase the capital allocated to climate friendly projects. We stepped in because we want the market to develop with integrity around the ...

IIGCC joins International Climate Bond Standards Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds, the Climate Bonds Standard helps investors identify low-carbon bond investments and provide reassurance that their capital is being allocated to projects which have clear low-carbon credentials." The Investor Group on Climate Change and the Ceres ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... sample. The main certification schemes used are LEED and BREEAM, the same as the Global sample." ANREV members include AMP Capital, NAB, Mirvac, Centuria Capital Private, Challenger, Charter Hall, Dexus, Colonial First State Global Asset Management ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... don't distribute a dividend, so the question for us is how we communicate detail around how we protect and steward the capital in the business." At Stockland, using the Integrated Reporting framework meant increasing the focus on reporting on material ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The potential impact investment market is estimated at AU$32 billion over the next decade, but current capital commitments and active investors are small, relative to what is needed to achieve that figure, according to a recent report. David Rickards ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... factories in Bangladesh has been welcomed as a new level of transparency around supply chain risk. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital Target, which, like Kmart, is owned by Wesfarmers, will follow suit and disclose its supplier factories in Bangladesh ...