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Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... was head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Prior to that, he worked with the United Nations Environment Program in Geneva, where he played a key role in creating the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment. ACSI has begun ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Salisbury, West Torrens, Norwood Payneham and St Peters, and Unley," according to spokesperson at the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources that spoke with The Sustainability Report last year. The structure of environmental upgrade finance ...

Towers Watson outlines framework for fossil fuel risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Towers Watson has addressed growing institutional investor concern over fossil fuel investments and the risks of stranded assets by outlining a framework for response, embedded in the investment decision making process. Nick Kelly, investment consultant ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 disclosure and education ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
A group of investors convened by Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) will seek to build increased definition and structure to support the development of the green bond market. The investor group released a statement of investor expectations ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a guidance document that sets out the links between the GRI G4 guidelines and a new European Union directive that mandates companies to report on non-financial sustainability issues. Under legislation ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have hired Adrian Bertrand as head of Africa, networks and global outreach. Bertrand joins the PRI from the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) of South Africa, where he worked for four years as environmental ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the United States are more vulnerable to climate change than those in Europe and Japan because of lack of preparation, according to CDP. CDP analysed suppliers from 11 countries in relation to their climate ...

CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank have financed AU$20 million in energy productivity projects for business via the Energy Efficient Loan program. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Energy Efficient ...