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NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... "We need to grow the level of understanding about EUAs," Bocskay said. "It's more than just access to finance, cheaper capital and attractive terms to tenants. One of the things we're working on is demonstrating more clearly to consultants and contractors ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to developing country projects, national governments need create predictable, clear market signals. "For private sector capital to flow at the speed and scale required, we encourage national governments to continue to show leadership on climate change ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... reductions (CERs). "I think it's a function of time," said Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero. There is so much intellectual capital that has come about as a result of previous schemes that it shouldn't be too difficult to come up with methodologies. The ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank and Rabobank are the first two banks to endorse a financial sector declaration to address the use of natural capital by businesses. NAB has become a signatory of the Natural Capital Declaration, which affirms the importance of natural ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... include ESG in their process." Emerald Wrap have lined up offerings from well know providers in the RI space, including AMP Capital Investors, BT Investment Management and Perpetual, as well as choices from Hunter Hall and Australian Ethical, Medcalf ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... adopting RI policies, which amounted to AU$$1.34bn, with net inflows to existing RI portfolios totalling AU$176m. AMP Capital Investors is the largest RI fund manager, with AU$2.5bn in RI funds under management. Hunter Hall is the largest dedicated RI ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... emissions intensity or more generally less stringent environmental standards." The report notes that in Australia, initial capital investment is high for fossil fuels, non-ferrous metals, iron ore and other products, accounting for nearly half of total ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... for food security." The company has also defined targets of zero food waste to landfill by 2015. In terms of its human capital management, Woolworths disclosed a 30% decrease in LITFR, down to 8.51 for 2011. However, the company had set a target last ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... management requires action on a variety of fronts - internal corporate leadership, government action and pressure from capital markets, such as institutional investors. "You do have some people in companies with vision on this, but to get wholesale change ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... proxy advisers are here to stay and we have opt work with them. " Karin Halliday, manager corporate governance at AMP Capital Investors, noted that while AMP Capital has a long history of voting its proxies, at the 2010 AGM season, AMP voted in favour ...