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QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
QIC has selected the US-based Molpus Woodlands Group as an investment partner, with the timberland specialist purchasing approximately 42,000 acres of timberland on QIC's behalf. James Dick, QIC head of alternative investments The AU$63.5bn institutional ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... economy." UKSIF made the endorsement at a conference organised by the City of London Corporation and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). "Financial institutions, including investors, have an inherent economic interest ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... rebuild bricks and mortar, but if you've lost all your people, I don't think that you can regain that. In the current environment, with organisations under pressure to squeeze the extra hours out of employees in a lean workforce, long hours are not sustainable ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... "Reducing energy consumption delivers energy cost savings and increased value for owners, tenants and benefits for the environment. We want this to inspire more commercial property owners to help unlock the benefits of energy efficiency improvements ...

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has urged European Union ministers to consider changes to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to ensure its viability. The IIGCC, a collaborative body of investors representing EUR7.5tr ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... points of intervention where they can add value through derisking," said Emma Herd, executive director, emissions and environment at Westpac. "The fact that they've also looked at a structure that is a deal-by-deal approach is quite pragmatic. It does ...

SAM targets 2,500 companies for sustainability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
SAM, the responsible investment boutique firm, has sent letters to the 2,500 largest companies in the world to take part in the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment, the basis for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The corporate ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
With some institutional investors turning their analysis to impact and social value investments, measuring how those investments provide value has also seen a concomitant rise in visibility. Social return on investment (SROI) is a principle that has ...

RIAA to join in global report on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) will participate in a joint project with other sustainable investment organisations to report on the global scope of sustainable and responsible investment. The "trends report" will provide information ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) will partner with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a move designed to advance the standardisation of reporting on environmental, social and economic performance in the global real estate ...