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Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... "GRESB constitutes a useful tool that complements our internal research efforts on sustainability," said Vincent Felteau, portfolio manager, Asia-Pacific, at Presima. "At Presima, we believe that by focusing on the long term nature of real estate assets ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The Emerald Wrap, an investment, superannuation, and pension platform that will offer a range of responsible investment options, is continuing towards its planned launch in March 2012 by selecting Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as its default cash account ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Core responsible investment funds grew at faster rate than the broader mainstream market in 2011, according to Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Core responsible investment, which RIAA defines as including managed responsible investment ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... strategy to focus on our core markets of Australia and South America." Pacific Hydro produces renewable energy from a portfolio of wind farm and hydro power assets in Australia, Brazil and Chile. The company sells and trades electricity, electricity ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the projects," Crafter said. "The products are credit enhanced by the institutions." The High Quality Bond Strategy portfolio managers focus on three areas of selection criteria. "There are three key themes that we need to look at in deciding if something ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... in translating philosophies around sustainability into tangible actions that improve the attributes of our investment portfolio and lead the way in the residential development sector," said Nicholas Collishaw, Mirvac managing director. "One key initiative ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong Exchange in the next year, Armstrong said. In addition to its operations in Australia, COzero also manages a portfolio of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, a vehicle that allows for the implementation of an emission-reduction project ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... broad scope of investigation to reach the standard of upgrade that we were seeking," said Brian Churchill LGS property portfolio manager. "The Australian technology fit the bill and was the most cost effective." The project's goals were to reduce the ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The mining of coal seam gas has never been more prominent in Australia, and institutional investors are weighing the environmental, social and political risks of being invested in companies with exposures to coal seam gas operations. While there are ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Stockland, the diversified property group, has reported reducing water use across its office portfolio by 11% and its retail portfolio by 10%, commenced installing LED lights at its Stockland Nowra development and reported a 64% decrease in injury frequency ...