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Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative will release the updated Climate Bonds Standards v2.0 later this month. The updated standards will make independent reviews of green bonds simpler and are currently out for public consultation, said Rob Fowler, a part of ...

Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has hired Mans Carlsson-Sweeny as head of ESG research. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital Carlsson-Sweeny comes to Ausbil from AMP Capital, where he was a senior ESG research analyst. He previously worked at Carnegie Investment ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
China has grown into being a leader on climate change through a combination of domestic pressures and moral concerns, said Professor Qi Ye, director of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy. Prof Qi Ye, director of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CAER have partnered to offer investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Industrial relations, including enterprise bargaining as well as more informal worker/employer collaborations, can be used to address climate change. Professor Ray Markey, director of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University A wide range ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
AGL Energy is adopting new commitments as part of the CDP-led We Mean Business Coalition. AGL will adopt responsible corporate engagement on climate policy, will report climate change engagement on climate policy, and align with the UN Global Compact's ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Climate Friendly has become a certified B Corporation (B Corp) company. Climate Friendly provides carbon management solutions to businesses and households and engage in projects to reduce carbon emissions, provide clean energy sources and bring environmental ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s Vote Your Super initiative will rally support for resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Sydney, Adelaide and Canberra are among a group of global cities to set renewable energy targets, but overall, Latin American and European cities are the least reliant on fossil fuels for electricity, according to a new study by CDP and AECOM. According ...