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Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the org, security, their purpose of the borrowing and the LVR. The investor rate of return should be representative of the risk. In some cases, b/c this is a blend of financial returns, there may be times when the social benefit is greater. Each supplementary ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... equity investors in North America and the Asia Pacific believe that GPs need to improve their levels of transparency and risk management, while fewer European investors said that transparency and risk management needed to improve. "The Asia Pacific LPs ...

The UpSide interview: Dr Fraser Thompson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainable Australia? The interviews focus on topics ranging from "from leading global agreement negotiations to dealing with risk in a climate change constrained world." Kimmorley, who formerly worked as policy offer- emission reductions at the New ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... of Business and Economics at the Australian National University and co-editor of the book. "If there are elements of water risk at, for example, a mining company or a pulp and paper manufacturer, a chemical manufacturer, or a water authority, general ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... period, there are a range of questions about what will happen over the longer term and questions over how companies manage both risk and opportunity. "There is a reasonable amount of disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions," Paterson said. "Large emitters ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... responding to a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) request for disclosure on water management identify water as a substantial risk to business, but only 55% report board-level oversight of water-related policies, strategies or plans. Marcus Norton The CDP ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Portfolio Analytics, a reporting tool to help fund managers and institutional investors assess the ESG characteristics and risk profile of an equity portfolio. MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics reports include portfolio and index benchmark ESG scores, analysis ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the government is a much-needed response to market needs and an important step towards improved valuation of environmental risk," said Paul Dickinson, CDP executive chairman. "After ten years of driving forward corporate disclosure on ghg emissions and ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investors, according to investment consultants Mercer. A recent Mercer report comments on rates green bonds' structure and risk/return characteristics, as well as citing the belief by green bond issuers that there is a correlation between financial sustainability ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... helps overcome the split incentive, critics point out that obtaining tenant approval for increased statutory charges brings risk to the project. See Also: Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment