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Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... AU$2bn revenue growth for major retailers. However, there are barriers to implementation across the retail sector, such as capital constraints. ClimateWorks notes that for most of the actions outlined, the upfront capital expenditure is less than $10 ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... price is going to have an impact. But more than that, super funds are in a unique position in that they have enormous capital and they reach almost every worker in Australia. Because of that, they can engage on sustainability with almost every worker ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental technology markets (both public and private) and the potential for returns to be affected by the supply of capital to those sectors." This can be a source of advantage to smaller funds. Towers Watson notes that smaller, well governed funds ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... morph into a stand-alone, non-profit, global organisation much as GRI did. "We need a new powerful instrument to steer capital - financial, human, social and natural - toward sustainability leaders and away from the laggards," said Mindy Lubber, Ceres ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... investors are doubtful," Fabian said. "We know there are consequences from that and that we are delaying this reallocation of capital." The report notes that because the EU has stronger climate policy in relation to carbon pricing and renewable energy ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... consumption than other schemes that raise the explicit and implicit costs of carbon, such as taxes, feed-in tariffs, and capital subsidies for constructing or installing sources of renewable energy. The Carbon Emission Policies in Key Economies Research ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
James Thier is a a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment, a fund manager with AU$650m in assets under management that has specialised in ethical and sustainable investment since its 1986 inception. In addition to specialist funds, Australian ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... ESG issues, with an increased focus on material issues and increased acceptance of sustainability risks such as human capital management, according to an analyst at Macquarie Bank. Analyst Aimee Kaye singled out OZ Minerals for a "comprehensive and high ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has reported that Australia has the legal, regulatory and capital markets expertise to implement a carbon emissions pricing mechanism and transition to a lower carbon economy. "The imposition ...

Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... it's all driven by responsible investment, but it's also about trying to keep those people as part of a broader human capital strategy. Hopefully through people starting to be incentivised over a longer period than just the 12 months, they'll think of ...