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Infrastructure Capital Group launches Australian Renewables Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... contains three brownfield assets, and Laidlaw said that most new projects likely to be in the development stage. "There's enough opportunity for investment - that's not the issue," Laidlaw said. "It's more about getting one's head around the technological ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... reasons, Bugeja discovered that cane grown under centre pivot irrigation yielded a 42 tonne/hectare increase, significant enough to warrant Bugeja investing in more equipment for his property. Project Catalyst also sponsors an annual forum for participating ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... IRIS metrics such as jobs created or dwellings for people with disability built. However, those metrics didn't provide enough to accurately capture concepts like improving impact on mental health, reliance on welfare, sustainable work/life, Oppes said. ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... research to establish which companies are not meeting minimum ESG hurdles. They're exposed to ESG issues that are strong enough that we can't invest on those companies and often they are not responding to engagement." Shorting stocks on ESG grounds is ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... head of PIMCO Australia. "Responsible investing has evolved and investors have set their sights higher. It's no longer enough just to screen out undesirable categories; investors want to foster positive social change. Our ESG platform provides the tools ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Tasmania's west coast. Construction is under way and, once operational, the $280 million development is expected to generate enough electricity to power more than 46,000 homes. "This is the CEFC's largest investment in Tasmania, and our first in a Tasmanian ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... large cohort of diverse companies ranging from huge multi-nationals to small businesses. The framework had to be flexible enough to accommodate this and other differences between businesses, so that, for example, companies with lesser degrees of control ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... the ESG side of things. The two screens eliminate around 20-25% of the diversified fund, but the universe is still large enough for us to populate a diversified portfolio - that's not going to be a constraint." Integrating ESG considerations to a fixed ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... create an investment pipeline that can lead to the Victorian government issuing a much larger bond that is of a size large enough to appeal to institutional investors. "We are trying to address the major impediment that impact investment has had - scale," ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... investment is a $38 million commitment to the 135 MW Crudine Ridge Wind Farm near Mudgee in NSW. The project will provide enough electricity to power around 55,000 homes each year. It is expected to deliver more than eight million tonnes of carbon emissions ...