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IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... collaborative body representing Australian and New Zealand institutional investors with more than AU$600bn in assets under management. IGCC members "recognise that the financial return of an investment will be impacted by climate change." Although the ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreement for Melbourne property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... 1200 Buildings Program. The funds will allow for the installation of an energy efficient chiller unit and building management system upgrade, according to a media announcement by the City of Melbourne. NAB, Low Carbon Australia and Eureka Funds Management ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... climate action. The collaborative bodies represent 285 institutional investors with more than US$20tr in assets under management. In their statement, the collaborative bodies note that current levels of investments in low-carbon technology and infrastructure ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... look at governance strategy and business modelling and we also want to establish a strong relationship with senior management and the board. Further to that, we walk with them to packaging the deal. We've pretty much understood the risks and we are presenting ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Amatil and Qantas Airways. The government has also named to the panel David Paradice, founder of Paradice Investment Management, a boutique firm with AU$6.6bn in AUM, and Ian Moore, who has worked predominately at Bankers Trust. The CEFC will provide ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... embedded in the culture of the company, where they search for better candidates regardless of gender at board level and management level, and they also have better policies for running their businesses, so it's a corporate culture argument. There's another ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... town planning. There were 39 directors with masters degrees in business administration, law, arts, economics, project management, environmental science and social admiration. Seven women hold a doctorate. Of the 235 women, at least 13 have received Australian ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... companies are exposed to human rights risks in their overseas operations, and almost all of those companies have inadequate management systems in place to mitigate those exposures, a study by Net Balance has found. Net Balance, which conducted the research ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Byrne said. ACSI, a collaborative body representing superannuation funds with a collective AU$250bn in assets under management, has previously called for the appointment of a genuinely independent chair and for the board to replace family members, affiliated ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... entire portfolio. DEXUS owns, manages and develops office, industrial and retail properties with total properties under management of more than A$13bn, primarily in Australia and the US. In its 2011 annual review, DEXUS reported on financial and non-financial ...