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AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... UK, Netherlands - they're probably the key markets," he said. "I think in a way, where there has been interest in sustainable ESG, there will be interest in impact investing. Impact might bring other market-interested participants as well - for example ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... business, rather than engage with the foundation or the grant writing part of the business, and that in itself is more sustainable and more value-adding," Dunn said. Opportunity International works with partner organisations in place in-country to operate ...

City of Melbourne, NAB, Eureka Funds Management sign EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... (project lender); Kathy Alexander, CEO City of Melbourne; Vince Juliano, Zagame (building trustee) (photo courtesy of Sustainable Melbourne Fund) The EUA was negotiated between the City of Melbourne, the owners of 19-storey building at 499-501 Swanston ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... short-term rewards, AMP Capital provided an update following the recent tragedies in the Bangladeshi garment industry where sustainable practices were overlooked for short-term reward. "AMP Capital has long focussed on ESG factors that affect investment ...

Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... is considered less risky. The EUA structure could be adapted to fit residential projects, said Scott Bocskay, CEO Sustainable Melbourne Fund, which oversees and monitors the EUA process in the City of Melbourne. "When we first started on designing EUAs ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... climate change in the business community," said Andrew Petersen, a spokesman for Businesses for a Clean Economy, CEO of Sustainable Business Australia. "A long term-price on carbon facilitates investment and supports the transition to low carbon economy. ...

NYSE joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
NYSE Euronext, parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, will join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. The SSE Initiative is co-organized by the UN Global Compact, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the UN-supported ...

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Savings: Finance and Cooperative Approaches to Electricity Demand Management, was carried out by the Institute for Sustainable Futures of the University of Technology Sydney. Demand management involves assisting customers to save energy and reduce demand ...

PRI working group calls for sustainable palm oil commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... (PRI) - including Australian superannuation funds - have called on palm oil companies to comply with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria. The signatories - members of the PRI's Sustainable Palm Oil Investor Working Group ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... responsibly," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "This report blows that myth out of the water." RIAA follows the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) in breaking responsible investment down into five categories - screening of investments, sustainability ...