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British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the government is a much-needed response to market needs and an important step towards improved valuation of environmental risk," said Paul Dickinson, CDP executive chairman. "After ten years of driving forward corporate disclosure on ghg emissions and ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investors, according to investment consultants Mercer. A recent Mercer report comments on rates green bonds' structure and risk/return characteristics, as well as citing the belief by green bond issuers that there is a correlation between financial sustainability ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... helps overcome the split incentive, critics point out that obtaining tenant approval for increased statutory charges brings risk to the project. See Also: Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... IGCC, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) will work with the Carbon Disclosure Project to develop the framework by October of this year, and are calling on ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... speak with The Sustainability Report about their approach, their positioning in the market and why ESG analysis matters to risk and return considerations. Q: How does Five Oceans integrate ESG into its investment processes? KT: First and foremost, I ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The vast majority of ASX200 companies do not provide a sufficient level of disclosure on sustainability risk and disclosure "continues to be of questionable quality," according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ...

IIRC to publish integrated reporting framework in 2013

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... in a statement accompanying the report's release. "Huge strides have been made in recent years, for example to incorporate risk disclosure into financial reporting. In addition the development of sustainability reporting provides a new dimension from ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Solar Flagships Council found the AGL project had the overall highest level of merit and represented value-for-money, low risk and high commercial viability, said Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson. The Solar Flagships Council is an independent ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Q: What is Omega's approach to investment? How integral are ESG signals to portfolio construction? M Mc: Our approach is a risk controlled approach, incorporating managed volatility and fundamental analysis. We combine some quantitative models with investment ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...