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ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Fund management professionals say that the continuing quest to demonstrate the tangible costs and benefits of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into portfolio valuations will be a dominant theme for 2012, along with continued ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... (AIST) is that superannuation funds should disclose asset class percentages, the names that funds use for outsourced management, a list of the top 20 Australian equities a fund has holdings in, and disclosure of substantial holdings within a portfolio ...

GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... groups for the development of the G4 next generation reporting guidelines. While nominations for the Disclosure on Management Approach working group close as of 13 January, more working groups will be announced and calls for nominations will be placed ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... 2010. "This decrease is due the ongoing benefit of weekly reporting of house usage, implemented in 2010, and centre management diligence along with energy efficiency capital projects," the report said. "The current focus in New Zealand and the United ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... effects of carbon tax on industry With companies increasingly integrating sustainability into their strategies for risk management and return, the discussion has turned to integrated reporting - whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) measurements ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... customer safety. For 2011/2012, the company said they would review EME arrangements at 20 sites. In terms of human capital management, Optus employs 10,090 full-time equivalent employees. In 2010/2011, the lost time injury rate fell from 3.31 to 2.49. ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... widely diverging capability to report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and identify areas of successful emissions management and sustainable farming practices, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP conducted a pilot study with agricultural ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... form of senior debt, with significantly less investment risk to investors. NAB, Low Carbon Australia and Eureka Funds Management developed the EUA finance product. Andrew Balzan, head of property finance for NAB previously told The Sustainability Report ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... (GRESB) as a member. Presima is based in Montreal, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of nabInvest, the direct asset management arm of National Australia Bank (NAB). "GRESB constitutes a useful tool that complements our internal research efforts on sustainability," ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 1200 Buildings Program. The funds will allow for the installation of an energy efficient chiller unit and building management system upgrade that will result in a reduction of approximately 170 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. The creation EUA structure ...