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Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Westpac has topped the list of the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World". The Global 100 is an annual list published by Corporate Knights, an independent media and investment research company based in Toronto. The announcement was ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... emissions intensity: 560 metric tonnes CO2e per million USD in total assets on the balance sheet - more than 10 times the global median of 53 tonnes per million USD; and 89% of total emissions reported to CDP in 2013 (6.4 of 7.2 billion metric tonnes ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Members of the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV) outperformed the global sample in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) in the areas of management and policy, but need to improve their implementation ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "As much as US$700 billion is spent annually subsidizing motor fuels, while hundreds of billions more in public and global aid funds subsidize the growing use of cars." The Climate Bond Standard cited International Energy Agency (IEA) data saying ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... framework, bankmecu's annual report has become a synthesis of statutory financial data and information reported using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. "We started to make the shift to making more integrated reports, which combined statutory ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... The report's authors, Kylie Charlton, Scott Donald, Jarrod Ormiston and Richard Seymour, quote statistics saying that the global market potential for impact investing is US$400 billion to US$1 trillion, but the hesitancy of superannuation funds to commit ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... in six to nine months. Meanwhile, Pacific Brands has also signed the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a global commitment by retailers. In a statement, Pacific Brands said that less than 1% of their total sourcing comes from Bangladesh ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... posed by climate change, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). AODP recently released its 2013-2014 Global Climate Investment Index, which evaluates asset owners on transparency, risk management, investment chain alignment, active ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... corporate governance reform and to serve our members in helping them to connect with one another and to stay informed about global governance matters," said Michelle Edkins, ICGN chairman. "Her proven commerciality is an added strength at a time when ...