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Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... applicability and replicability," Kidney said. "In the financial services sector, you've seen an alliance between the science folks with the NABERS scheme and the finance people who are actually world leaders. They can help create broader systems, at ...

Investors discuss investing in two degree world at RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... picture of a portfolio's impacts. Investa has embedded sustainability as part of its overall strategy and has agreed to Science Based Targets, James said. Because sustainability has been part of the company's strategy, the company, which owns 41 properties ...

CEFC to invest $110m in Investa Office Management portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... principles and technologies in the built environment." Investa is the first Australian property company to commit to a Science Based Target of net zero emissions by 2040, with a work plan of carbon reduction programs. This commitment to the SBTs was ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... the next decade to ensure that responsible investments keeps moving forward worldwide." Peter holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and an MSc in Economics of the European Union from the London School of Economics.

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has set a science based target and aims to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 21% by 2025. The cut will be a reducing of 21% from 2015 levels, and it "supports NAB's commitment to the internationally ...

ARENA provides $9.9 million funding to New Gullan Range Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... will be be constructed, owned and operated by NGRWF. Goldwind Australia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, a leading vertically integrated global wind power company, ARENA said. "There is huge potential to adopt this ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has hired Alix Chosson to its responsible investment team. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Chosson has been hired as energy fundamentals analyst, will be based in London and reports to ...

GRESB hires Lonneke Lowik as new head of operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... and investment managers, to achieve their long-term return objectives and understand the risks." Lowik holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Technology Delft in the Netherlands and a Master of Science in European Property ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions. "In light of Paris, not more than five months ago, there is a new dynamic out there, and it is to do with science-based targets and is saying, the world is now committed to no more than 2 degrees of pre-industrial levels," said Chi ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... on costs and potential benefits, which can often be a complex task, given the lack of control groups and other social science experiment designs. "You need to define what the outcomes are, and what you will achieve, and then there is that issue that ...