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Sensis certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). The certification recognises Sensis' carbon offset programs to manage the environmental footprint of both Sensis' business operations and their products. The company invests in "a range of international carbon ...

Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... wholly owned by a group of institutional investors and fund managers, and said that the firm will continue to embed environmental, social and governance (ESG) into mainstream decision making. "One of our focuses is on carbon, and making sure that the ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... September, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will release its second survey assessing the environmental and social performance of public and private real estate investments. GRESB will be used by institutional investors to engage ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... should identify, manage and communicate ESG risks, and how and when a company should report. The guide also lays out environmental and social issues into four themes, while stating that investors' expectations around governance "have already been comprehensively ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and opportunities is important to Australian institutional investors because Australia is vulnerable should global environmental movements result in decreased consumption of coal, Hodgson said. "You'd be worried about anything that would disrupt the ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Companies that fall under the government's proposed carbon pricing scheme will most likely see the negative effects on costs and earnings "significantly reduced" by the planned assistance package, according to research from MSCI. Emissions Intensive ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The government has released the draft legislation necessary to implement its carbon tax regime. The Clean Energy Legislative Package is seen as a "faithful" implementation of the policy articulated on 10 July by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. But one ...

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... don't think it will happen within 10 years." Hodgson warned that Australia was particularly vulnerable to changes in environmental considerations, such as global withdrawal from using coal. "Australia has a tonne of minerals and resources, and that sector ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... provider CAER. "From a responsible investment point of view, traditionally, whilst investors are armed when looking at environmental issues, they grapple with social issues," Paterson said. "There are a couple of reasons for this - one is because environmental ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... encourage support for the approach and incorporate them into the banks' business practices. In terms of managing environmental exposures, the bank has developed an environmental management system giving a structured approach for assessing how the bank's ...