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Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... investment portfolios. This is a risk that both companies and investors should be managing, said Ben Slade, managing principal NSW at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. "If the consequence is that there are significant changes imposed upon the mining and corporate ...

Local Government Super appoints second woman to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... director and deputy chair. LGS has also appointed Katherine O'Regan and Jeff Morris as directors, representing Local Government NSW on the board. O'Regan and Morris replace existing directors Leo Kelly and Keith Rhoades. Kelly retires after more than ...

CEFC, CBA finance car dealership energy efficiency loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... PV, as well as the LED lights. The new LED lighting installation generated tradeable energy savings certificates under the NSW government's Energy Savings Schemes, which also offsets the cost of the replacement. Autonomous Energy has estimated that the ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... partnered to launch the Supply Chain Sustainability School in Australia, with additional funding and support provided by the NSW government, Sustainability Victoria and Construction Skills Queensland. The school will be delivered by the Net Balance Foundation ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Wales also have environmental upgrade finance structures in place. The proposed legislation is "consistent" with structures in NSW and Melbourne, said Scott Bocskay, chief executive of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. "We've been engaged with South Australia ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... effectively." The Responsible Investment Association Australasia's certification program was developed in partnership with the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) and the Victorian government, and it "aims to promote consistent, standardised ...

NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... part of a ten-point social impact investment policy announced this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia NSW is the first state in Australia to articulate a policy for social impact investment. As part of the policy, the NSW government ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT, NAB said. The Investor Statement on Green Bonds and Climate Bonds was first released at the UN Climate Summit ...

Australian Ethical invests in NAB climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT," NAB said. Australian Ethical announced it had invested in the climate bond. Climate bonds are also known as green ...

NAB issues $150m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, NSW and the ACT," NAB said. Fourteen of the facilities are in operation, and three are under construction, and all 17 are project ...