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DTEK joins the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
DTEK, Ukraine's largest energy group, has joined the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The partnership between DTEK and the Climate Bond Initiative will "help develop mechanisms to attract financing ...

Russell Investments launches Low Carbon Global Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... Fund builds on Russell's prior experience, said Nicki Ashton, head of strategic partnerships. "We have been researching climate change investment strategies for a number of years, and we implemented a portfolio for HESTA a number of years ago," Ashton ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... are permitted, we have seen shareholders use them to improve company disclosure on risks associated with sustainability, climate change and labour and human rights." ACSI is recommending the introduction of a non-binding shareholder resolution, maintaining ...

Responsible Investment Certification Program certifies BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... The ETF is based on a basket of 100 large global stocks from developed market countries (excluding Australia) that are climate change leaders. RIAA has certified ETHI under the Responsible Investment Certification Program. The Responsible Investment ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released Water Criteria Phase 2 for public consultation. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Water Criteria is part of an umbrella Climate Bonds Standard "which provides investors with a verifiable, science-based ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... California carbon regime." The US investment strategy combines timberland returns with additional exposure to revenue from climate mitigation, Brand said. Globally, New Forests manages more than 2 million acres of forestry, land, and conservation investments ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... companies increasingly integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and look ahead to reporting to the Task-force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). 79% acknowledge the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in some way, while 6% reports ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
Investors and financial service providers are seeking climate change solutions and tools to assess how companies are applying strategies such as climate change scenario planning. That was the theme of part of the Investor Group on Climate Change's (IGCC) ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... against renewing the clean energy target. "We're seeing that as a more common event, particularly around issues related to climate change," Vamos said. "That represents a big change and it's a good change, because shareholders get their voices. This ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... consistent" in advocating for long-term certainty in the policy framework, Castellas said. "They are also engaging in the climate risk in their own portfolios," he said. "To do that, you need to understand or know what the underlying companies and assets ...