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ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... infrastructure fund managers with sustainability-themed strategies based in Asia, and 52 private equity managers based in greater China invest - or plan to invest - in environmental technology, the report found. While responsible investment assets still ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... limits. The rate of productivity growth has also been declining as a long term trend since 1970, despite the best efforts of China and India to keep it powering along. It has fallen from about 2.2% growth in 1970 to about 1.6% now, and will continue ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... according to an announcement. The coalition notes that the re-election of US President Barack Obama and the leadership change in China provide an opportunity for new discussions on how to develop the policies necessary to reduce emission and mitigate ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... catastrophic events, such was the case with the latest major marine hydrocarbon spills off the coasts of Australia, US, China and Brazil over the last four years." Statoil and BG are best positioned to manage associated environmental and social impacts ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... depletion is critically important. The issue of climate change and Australia's role in production of coal for countries like China and all these things are going to be impacted by the growth of Asia and I think, to an extent, we should be starting to ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Financing is also a big question, so the [Clean Energy Finance Corporation] CEFC and $10bn that it's providing is important. In China, it's the same thing; the government will provide a significant amount of funding to enable the economy to move to a ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... data on Asian companies. RepuTex ESG-Connect provides research on over 1,200 companies across Asia in markets including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. The platform will provide free company ESG performance ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... counterparts," said COzero CEO Nick Armstrong. "We strongly advocate for further international linkage, in particular with China and ASEAN as their emissions trading schemes evolve." As part of the deal, Combet also announced that the government would ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... David Jones. AMP Capital also examined the costs and benefits of the movement of clothing production from coastal to inland China and from China to Bangladesh. Both trends have been seen as a means to cut labour costs, but the report noted that higher ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... shortcomings of Australia's present models suggest that it is worth looking further afield, possibly to countries such as China - where commercialisation rates are high - and to try to isolate those elements of the innovation process that might be adaptable ...