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Beyond Zero Emissions proposes model for retrofitting houses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australian residential and commercial property could reach zero carbon emissions standards in 10 years with sufficient retrofitting to reduce energy consumption, according to Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), a not-for-profit research and education organisation. ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... There has been a knock-on to businesses in the mainstream that are also looking for processes and services from their own risk perspective. It has also had both strategic and operational impacts, because you have decisions made around contracts and also ...

Climate Bonds Initiative releases criteria for solar assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... System (CalSTRS), the Nature Resources Defense Council, the Carbon Disclosure Project, the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk, the Investor Group on Climate Change and the State Treasurer of California, Bill Lockyer.

AECOM employees to support Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... more than 140 communities in Bangalore, India. The solar lights are intended to replace kerosene lights, which pose a safety risk, are expensive and pose environmental risks because of kerosene's carbon emissions. The enterprise calls on volunteers thus ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australia's real estate investment trusts (REITs) "are amongst the most progressive globally when it comes to acknowledging, measuring and managing ESG risks," according to analysis by J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's Australian equity research team questioned ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... of ideas, and we asked them to tell us how they were creating that space for a diversity of opinion in order to reduce the risk of groupthink." The tipping point for boards to address their lack of diversity tends to be when mistakes happen, Christensen ...

Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... example. The report also discusses mitigation strategies, citing Rio Tinto, which reports regulation of discharge as a global risk and said that in response it created a water standard that "requires all operations and new projects to develop and implement ...

UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Portfolio will continue to invest in short term securities, because the yield on longer durations is too low to justify the extra risk, Bryant noted. UCA Funds Management also reported that its outstanding AU$7.7 million loan that related to the now-defunct ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... was the core of our equities strategy," Hartnett said. "It came about because asset consultant said you could do with more risk in your Australian equities portfolio. It works well from the ESG perspective as well because passive strategies in general ...