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Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian equities mandate that will include ESG screens. Bill Hartnett The mandate was labeled an "enhanced passive" strategy that will conform with LGS's environmental, social and governance investment principles, said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability ...

CDP, CDSB, IIIRC ally to promote natural capital reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have agreed to an alliance that will see the three groups collaborate to increase the reporting on use and depreciation of natural capital. ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions numbers is a comprehensive assessment of climate change impacts integrated into the company's strategy. CDP would like to see the legislation develop further in this direction, when the expected legislative review takes place ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... of corporate governance and risk management process that needs to be established to be ready. This includes a carbon strategy, policies and development of a trading platform within the business. This can take up to six to nine months for companies to ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... not be an immediate option for the majority of investors, they could pursue as an intermediate step a carbon tilting strategy, where lower carbon-intensive companies are overweighted and higher carbon-intensive stocks are underweighted. "While forward-looking ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... materiality Ensure outcomes-based and contextual reporting Facilitate the integration of sustainability into business strategy Collaborate and consult with key stakeholders Use stock exchanges and their influence over listed companies Build on existing ...

Greenfleet registers two Carbon Farming Initiative projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Greenfleet, a reforestation not-for-profit, has had two of its reforestation projects registered under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). Greenfleet used the CFI's Sequestration: Quantifying Carbon Sequestration by Permanent Environmental Plantings ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation makes first investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... 220,000 average Victorian households a year, while reducing carbon emissions by 1.7 million tonnes a year. "Our core strategy is underpinned by renewable energy generation," said Mark Binns, chief executive, Meridian Energy. "We are currently constructing ...

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
A majority of Australian businesses would prefer to see a floating price emissions trading scheme as opposed to the current fixed price regime, according to a survey by Businesses for a Clean Economy. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson Businesses for a Clean ...

Algae.Tec signs agreement with Macquarie Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Biofuels company Algae.Tec has signed a deal with Macquarie Generation to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility beside a 2640MW coal-fired power station in New South Wales. The agreement with Macquarie Generation, which is owned ...