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Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Robustly designed climate mitigation projects can deliver environmental, social and economic benefits resulting in greater financial impact than previously calculated, according to a study from The Gold Standard. Neil Salisbury, director, Net Balance ...

Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... provider of data on ESG risks for companies and projects. While company boards consider core business failure to be the biggest risk, when it comes to reputation, the biggest impacts over the last eight years have not been from core business failure ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... a report, Tomorrow's investment rules, which found that investors are using non-financial performance as a benchmark for risk. However, the report found there is a wide variation in how investors evaluate non-financial disclosures and there are concerns ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... year to develop its impact investing strategy. "Impact investing is a positive story, as opposed to some of the defensive, risk-minimisation narratives that exist around responsible investment themes," Christensen said. AXA IM has allocated EUR150 million ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... director. "Our clients are searching for investments that offer stable, long-term and diversified income streams from low-risk projects. Increasingly, they want to invest in projects that have a tangible community benefit, which is why we're seeing increased ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... funds, ACSI has to chose its focus for engagement based on where the feel they can make the most impact, with the possible risk that they can be "blindsided" when other issues arise. Murphy pointed again to the Oxfam report as an example of that. Ulysses ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... reported by Global 500 companies were expected to materialise within five years. There is a lack of reporting around long-term risk considerations as well, noted Jane Farago, general manager, Net Balance Foundation, which co-wrote the report with CDP. ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and professionals acting in a trustee board meeting role-play that considers concrete steps for integrating climate change risk into a superannuation portfolio. The Perfect Storm Pension Fund features videoed discussion of the superannuation professionals ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... industry," the report said. "Last year and this year, respondents identified the "lack of appropriate capital across the risk/return spectrum" and "shortage of high quality investment opportunities with track record" as the most limiting characteristics ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels can be consumed by 2050 if global warming is to be constrained to the 2-degree C goal. Unburnable carbon is a risk scenario for companies that are exposed to fossil fuels, but the extent to which assets are devalued is highly dependent on ...