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CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... GDP, have more than half the global population and consume two thirds of the world's energy, so cities' adaptation and mitigation activities put them on the frontline of climate change. Graphic courtesy CDP "Climate change poses risks to businesses globally ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... by demand from asset owners and increasing flexibility in fund design that can tailor strategies that run from risk mitigation to investment return, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the Middle East, Africa ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Robustly designed climate mitigation projects can deliver environmental, social and economic benefits resulting in greater financial impact than previously calculated, according to a study from The Gold Standard. Neil Salisbury, director, Net Balance ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... these risks." Where companies identified operation and supply chain risks, there is "some form" of management-related mitigation response - 96% for operational risks and 91%, and CDP listed responses as including management plans, monitoring, stakeholder ...

Sustainable Business Australia named WBCSD global partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... across its economy. It is important that Australian business continues to contribute to global momentum on climate mitigation, water and resource management, waste reeducation, and the ongoing development of corporate reporting and valuation. The pursuit ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... AustralianSuper. The conversation focused on targets, the amount of abatement and tradeoffs between physical impacts and mitigation pathways of climate change, and how trustees can implement policies based on these scenarios. "One of the issues is that ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... investment analysis is part of the economic analysis in the recently released Working Group 3 report, Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. The report finds that limiting global warming to C would cost only 0.06% of GDP per year to 2050. ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Institutional Bank are the joint-lead managers for this transaction. World Bank green bonds fund climate change adaptation and mitigation projects in emerging markets. The announcement of the bond is the culmination of a nearly two year process for Westpac. ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... the MSCI Index at 19.56%. "Some volatility was reintroduced by the ESG SmartBeta approach in return for significant mitigation of ESG risks," AXA concluded. "We are hamstrung by data availability," McDonald said. "We're confident about that data beginning ...

Solactive develops Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... fixed income securities that raise capital to fund projects with specific environmental benefits like climate impact mitigation and/or adaptation. Last year, the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence report, Bonds and Climate Change, found that there ...