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Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Treasury estimates industries that are 90% of employment account for less than 10% of carbon emissions. To compensate for the impact of price rises that will inevitably stem from the carbon tax, the government has proposed AU$15bn in tax relief for low ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... change, notwithstanding the fact that we're in a state of flux in terms of regulation, it is important for us to research the impact of climate change on our portfolios. It is also an area that we've surveyed our external managers about. I have also ...

AustralianSuper hires investment governance manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... to better outcomes for the members. Increasing our resources in this area will allow the fund to address issues that may impact the value of investments within the portfolio pro-actively." Gray comes to AustralianSuper from Goldman Sachs, where he was ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... operations, and critically, down the supply chain. The company concluded that for 2010, PUMA's operational direct ecological impact translates the equivalent of â,¬7.2m of the overall impact valuation. An additional â,¬87.2m falls along the four ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... selling area, or a net annual savings of A$627m. "The report is also a significant step forward in raising awareness of the impact of introducing energy efficient initiatives and the material contributions can make to retail businesses," said Anna Skarbek ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... infinity fund. If it was to be embedded principle within the investment component, it's unlikely to have a significant impact on the overall assessment. The fear is that it would be diluted." However, with the impending carbon pricing regime that is ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... how Mercer's modeling of costs relative to climate change and carbon dioxide emissions reduction policies globally can impact on their asset allocation and their returns. "Some clients are coming to us to go through the modelling aspect and to understand ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
A four-year delay to the start of a carbon pricing regime in Australia would cause an additional AU$2.5bn of additional costs to the electricity sector for both investors and energy users, according to a study commissioned by the Investor Group on Climate ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... economy and market through their portfolios are exposed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that might impact long-term value, but they have the ability to use that economic and financial clout to influence those factors with the intent ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... with managing research, analysis and compliance tasks across a range of ESG factors. MSCI is also introducing MSCI ESG Impact Monitor, a product that allows investors to analyse a company's significant social and environmental impacts and the company's ...