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Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon intense, South Pole Group said. Future Super does not invest in fossil fuels, and instead directs capital to low carbon investments. An analysis of the Australian pension sector found that the average person with a super balance of $50,000 has ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... right into a discussion into adding an activist hedge fund, and neither would you jump right into a discussion about a low carbon index," As with any best practice investing, you do need to start with learning a little bit about the potential for this ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... that the world's biggest mining companies, currently worth over US$329 billion, are unprepared for the transition to a low carbon economy. Although there are clear signs of progress by some companies in areas such as energy efficiency and water resilience ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Initiative's Low Carbon Transport Technical Working Group have released the Low Carbon Transport Standard for climate bonds. The proposed Low Carbon Transport criteria uses universal GHG emission thresholds defined on a per passenger-km ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... companies around the world that are embracing the strong economic opportunities for business from the transition to a low carbon economy", Day said. Origin Energy participates in other CDP activities, including disclosing its carbon emissions reporting ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... strong focus on refinance. We see that very much in the bond market and in this particular theme." The report found that low carbon transport constituted the lion's share of climate-aligned bond issuance, at US$418.8 billion, or 70% of the total, followed ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... addressing at the same time, climate change. For China, it's inseparable between this coal burning, fossil fuel burning, low carbon economy and addressing climate change."

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... "In the US, it's really more of an acknowledgment that these clients want to do something around ESG - and we group low carbon into that - but they don't know how to articulate what it is that they want to do. So they desire a ready-made solution that ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... which is unusual for this region, and they have investments in sustainably themed assets like renewable energy and low carbon. That seem to be the direction that the larger, more sophisticated, investors in Australia are going as well - multiple strategies ...

IGCC calls for emissions reductions targets with credible signal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... an Australian emission reduction target that "delivers a credible signal to capital in managing the transition to a low carbon economy." Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC The Australian government has set an emissions reduction target of 26-28% below 2005 levels ...