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Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... executive of Aviva Investors London and Global Investment Solutions, Ben Caldecott, head of policy, advisory, Climate Change Capital, James Cameron, founder and vice-chairman, Climate Change Capital, and Zac Goldsmith, member of Parliament, as well as ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Global businesses are increasingly integrating climate change strategies into their supply chain procurement guidelines, but suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... private investors think." To that end, the LCFWG sees the CEFC's role as filling financing gaps by leveraging private sector capital into feasible projects that face financing constraints, rather than "trying to address deficiencies in the economics ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... - answering the "so-what?" questions that investment analysts might have, said Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital Investors. "The critical area from an investor's side is answering the so-what questions for investment analysts," Woods said. ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital Investors, according to the GESB web site. The fund said that since 2007, most Australian share managers have embedded ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and Harvard Law School's Pension and Capital Stewardship Project with funding from the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute. The KPIs will assess the ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... business model which is sustainable," CPA Australia said. "In the longer term, this will help shape investment decisions and capital allocations -again, with societal benefits. In the short term however, this may create significant resistance to moving ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... of weekly reporting of house usage, implemented in 2010, and centre management diligence along with energy efficiency capital projects," the report said. "The current focus in New Zealand and the United States is minimising emissions through 'low hanging' ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Publicly listed companies should recognise existing shareholders when raising equity capital, and should disclose how a capital equity raising is priced and built and ensure that fees associated with a equity capital raising reflect value and risk ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of AU$2.33bn, an 8% increase over the previous year. Optus also made capital expenditures of AU$1bn in 2010/2011. To improve the customer experience, Optus reported investing AU$250m to upgrade IT ...