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Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Inflection Point Capital Management and La Francaise have created a climate-themed global equities fund, vested with â,¬ 25 million in seed capital from La Francaise. Gordon Noble, senior portfolio analyst, Inflection Point Capital Management The ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has (NZ Super Fund) selected Northern Trust Asset Management to manage a global fixed income mandate which includes the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... should comment on the benchmark and support its development, said Duncan Paterson, CEO of CAER. CAER is part of the EIRIS Global Network, a worldwide network of ESG research providers which utilise the EIRIS research methodology. "I believe there is ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Decarbonising the global economy and keeping global warming under 2C is possible, but requires international coordination from policy makers, business, investors and other stakeholders. Kate Levick, director of policy and regulation, CDP For businesses ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... investment and systemic risk, and ESG integration." The Sustainability Report understands that the firm has recently signed up global banking giant UBS as an advisory practice client. Regnan launched in 2007, having previously operated as the BT Governance ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has written a wind risk hedge for a portfolio of wind farms owned by Infigen Energy, covering six locations in three states and an excess of 500 megawatts of capacity. Jamie Summons, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Head of ...

Citywide make two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Sculpture Biennale and president of Les Amities. Hardy is also an experienced non-executive director, and previously worked as global CEO of Aurecon, executive chairman at Connell Wagner, and executive director at GHD. He was recognised by Engineers ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... step towards decarbonising the world economy, and Australian Ethical Investment says achieving the stated goal of capping global temperature increases to 2 degrees C requires a "sophisticated, holistic approach in shifting the market off fossil fuels." ...

GRI defines four strategic goals to expand scope

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has developed four strategic priorities to expand its scope and "catalyse the next era of sustainability reporting" over the next five years. GRI has released an updated Global Reporting Initiative with four goals ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon, and how this exposure can impact on portfolios from the perspective of tracking error and market shifts akin to the global financial crisis, Gayer added. See Also: Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas