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Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... need sharp thinking on how our human, natural, institutional and financial capital can take advantage of the changes in global markets. This requires industrial and policy collaboration last seen in the 1980s. Given the hopelessly partisan and ideological ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Globally, the green building market has more growth potential in the Asia-Pacific and Europe than in North America, according to research from MSCI. In the latest MSCI ESG IVA Industry Report: Real Estate, MSCI benchmarks 70 of the largest real estate ...

Minerals Council of Australia implementing water accounting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Water Accounting Framework is intended to work in conjunction with other accounting standards and frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Australian state and national regulatory standards and the Australian Water Accounting Standard ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Only 30 ASX100 companies in 2011 had their sustainability reporting assured by independent third parties, in line with global trends, according to research from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Net Balance Foundation. ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... advise and support the CEFC board and will be responsible for implementing the board's decisions. Yates has over 20 years of global experience in corporate advisory, financial structuring, project finance, debt structuring, equity raising and listings ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... opportunity for new discussions on how to develop the policies necessary to reduce emission and mitigate the impacts of rising global temperatures. The coalition cites a 2012 International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook, which found that polices ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
DEXUS Property Group's office tower at 1 Bligh Street, Sydney has been awarded 'The International High-rise Award 2012' by Deutsches Architekturmuseum. 1 Bligh Street, Sydney The award recognises the world's most innovative high-rise building and it ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... (ESS), the state's initiative to reduce energy consumption through financial incentives. The AU$6.5bn LGS has hired Sigma Global to manage the energy savings certificates process, which are based on LGS's activities to reduce electricity consumption ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Hermes Fund Managers has created a global quantitative environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and has announced that Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a AU$90m mandate for the strategy. The strategy combines Hermes' existing quantitative ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... change leaders in Australia continue to improve their disclosure quality, standards dare higher amongst leaders in the Global 500, US and UK companies. Australia's carbon disclosure leaders are unusual among global peers in that banks and property companies ...