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Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Japan's Nippon Gas has bought a 16% stake in COzero, the energy management solutions provider has announced. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The investment will give Nippon Gas access to COzero's energy solutions, including EnergyLink, a newly developed ...

Dow Jones, RobecoSAM issue 2013 DJSI indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand Banking, Tabcorp and Stockland are industry group leaders in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) review. S&P Dow Jones Indices, in collaboration with RobecoSAM, have announced that the DJSI World Index 2013/2014 ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... evidence that these factors are material to both creditworthiness and investment performance, the challenge is now on others to act." The PRI Sovereign Fixed Income Working Group (SFIWG) examined research and discussed issues among themselves, concluding ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability into strategy and operations. This plays out in other areas as well - while 90% of company boards discuss and act on sustainability issues, either as part of their regular agenda or on an ad hoc basis, only 8% of company boards link executive ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments is restructuring its business, including a "substantial" reduction of its Canberra operations and outsourcing some functions. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director Australian Ethical announced the changes will ...

NAB, Westpac leaders in 2013 CDP Global 500

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the 50 largest emitters have increased since 2009, even as overall emissions of the top 500 companies have fallen, according to the CDP Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013. The report is co-written by CDP ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Mariner Investment Group, a global alternative asset manager, has selected MSCI ESG Research to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and portfolio analytics. Mariner Group has subscribed to MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting ...

YES BANK signs on to Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
YES BANK, India's fourth largest private sector bank, has become a signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD). NCD is a global initiative that affirms the importance of natural capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super is designing a stand-along socially responsible investment (SRI) option for members that will be launched later this year. This is not the fund's first attempt at a stand-alone ethical investment option. NGS Super has had a Green Shares option ...

Australian/NZ property continue dominance in GRESB survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Australian/New Zealand property companies and funds continue to demonstrate global leadership in sustainability performance as the top-performing region in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 2013 report. Performance of Australia/NZ ...