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GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... is rapidly increasing in Asia, and for investors it is therefore imperative to monitor and improve performance at the portfolio level," said Sander Paul van Tongeren, executive director at GRESB and senior sustainability specialist at APG Asset Management. ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than 14% of the ASX200 market capitalisation is based on fossil fuels, and the value of fossil fuel assets is at risk in a carbon constrained world, but the risk is not evenly distributed across all resources or across a long term time ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... owns 259,000 shares, equivalent to 0.1% of TOMRA. The holding is part of Australian Ethical' s international equities portfolio, and Australian Ethical have been a "long-standing" investor in the company, said Phil Vernon, managing director of Australian ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... for their ESG objectives. The nearly AU$7bn LGS has an asset allocation range for private equity as 5-15% of its total portfolio. According to its 2011-2012 annual report, private equity represented 10.7% of the total portfolio as of 30 June 2012. LGS ...

SIRIS placed into administration, company confirms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... on their proprietary data software platform, PrSIM (Profiling Sustainable Investment Metrics). The company provides portfolio construction and compliance, corporate governance and proxy voting and advisory services. "The intent is that the internal creditors ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have released three reports analysing the impacts of climate change, energy cost and carbon risk on investments in the mining and minerals, property and construction, and oil and gas sectors. The likelihood ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... relationships with some of the smaller banks, and we are developing that. We have to further develop the Indigenous loan portfolio, and that means a fair bit of effort. We are also about evangelising what we're doing and showing people what can be done." ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has created an emerging markets equities index integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens and has launched a passive pooled fund managed to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... making improvements to Melbourne Town Hall which will result in significant savings in lighting costs," said Environment Portfolio Chair Councillor Arron Wood. "We built Australia's first six-star green star new office design building - CH2 - which is ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Michael Walsh is the recently named executive director and CEO of UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, which manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios on behalf of church bodies, other ...