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CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... including the AU$100 million Energy Efficient Loan facility co-financed by CEFC with Commonwealth Bank for funding to smaller business, particularly the manufacturing sector, to upgrade facilities and equipment for energy efficiency purposes, while reducing ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... by tagging sustainability data to make it machine-readable. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 is developed using XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). XBRL is the de facto standard for digital reporting in the financial reporting domain. By using XBRL ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
New Zealand investment management professionals will debate climate change and unburnable carbon among other topics at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) briefing in Auckland today. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The 4 th annual Responsible ...

ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... embraced the core option of the G4 guidelines because of the focus on key risks and opportunities most significant to their business through a rigorous and inclusive materiality process involving stakeholders. "Adoption of the core option will enable ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Companies see water as a substantive risk to their business, but they are focusing on "misguided" approaches to water-related risk management, according to the CDP Global Water Report 2013. The report is based on data given to CDP by 180 companies listed ...

Local Government Super names Joanna Davison director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the executive committee and operating group responsible for strategy and development of the global CFS Asset Management business. Prior to working at CFS GAM, Ms Davison was a director at Russell Investments. "Joanna has an impressive background in leading ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... or 20-year fixed interest finance agreement from an EUA, that can become a project that generates free cash-flow for a business, right now." EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the world's top oil and gas, coal and electric power companies to assess the financial risks of climate change to their business. The Carbon Asset Risk (CAR) initiative, coordinated by Ceres and the Carbon Tracker Initiative, with support from the Global ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... asked participants in its Pilot Programme Investor Network to critique selected reports from the IIRC Pilot Programme Business Network with the goal of understanding strengths and weaknesses from the perspective of the providers of financial capital ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Emissions Trading from 1998-2000 - and because of his experience in energy resources, infrastructure and international business. Ethinvest said in a letter to clients that his experience would be necessary to BHP Billiton given the fact that it is the ...