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Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... mitigation and return generation Australian property funds top GRESB list Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 2600 tonnes per year. "It's very significant milestone that a private investors has come in and recognised that this is an asset class and an opportunity," said Scott Bocskay, chief executive of Sustainable Melbourne Fund. The building at 123 Queen Street ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to create the conditions necessary to maintain and enhance natural capital as a critical economic, ecological and social asset." Cameron Clyne, NAB CEO, said that the bank is considering the role of natural capital and exploring how the bank can review ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as a member. Presima is based in Montreal, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of nabInvest, the direct asset management arm of National Australia Bank (NAB). "GRESB constitutes a useful tool that complements our internal ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... community reputation and ability to access new markets to name a few. These intangible value drivers now make up the majority of asset value, yet they are often not well documented, fall largely outside standard accounting practices and are rarely priced ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
As Perpetual finishes its second year as a UNPRI signatory, the investment manager will continue embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) into its investment considerations, including finalising a dashboard report approach to ESG with their ...

Low Carbon Australia partners with Macquarie Equipment Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia and Macquarie Equipment Finance have established an Energy Efficient Asset Financing Program to stimulate uptake of clean energy technologies in existing commercial buildings. The Energy Efficient Asset Financing Program will provide ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company owned by Industry Funds Management's Australian Infrastructure Fund, reported a reduction in its carbon footprint of 37%, primarily due to a decrease in construction activities, while also reporting net sales ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... released progressively over the coming year, the Climate Bond Initiative said. "This product allows for a new fixed income asset class to emerge and grow - one that will be focused on recognizing the investments needed to deliver a low carbon economy ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... first step onto other means of securitising assets. Kidney predicts that eventually, these bonds will become the basis for asset backed securities financed purely on renewable investments "There is a huge need to develop the asset backed market," he ...