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CEFC to provide $100m financing through Balmain Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... There is strong desire by Balmain's property clients to upgrade and improve their commercial holdings, said CEO Balmain Andrew Griffin. "This finance from the CEFC will help provide an incentive to invest in energy efficiency and improve sustainability ...

Local Government Super property portfolio manager retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager has retired after a 30-year career in property investment and management. Churchill will be replaced by Andrew Kim, who has been LGS property asset manager for the past three years, LGS said. Churchill joined LGS in 2001 and his job ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are material to sovereign creditworthiness and investment performance, according to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion paper exploring the link between ESG ...

Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... post-election has delayed further investment across all sectors, according to a survey from Businesses for a Clean Economy. Andrew Petersen, spokesman, Businesses for a Clean Economy The survey was conducted in May, and Businesses for a Clean Economy ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... financial services companies in Africa and Asia that provide financial tools to low-income and emerging consumers," said Andrew Kuper, founder and president of LeapFrog Investments. "It's not the middle class, but the two billion people in Africa and ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... last year at the Rio+20 conference. "Since its launch in Rio a year ago, the NCD has gathered considerable momentum," said Andrew Mitchell, executive director of GCP. "As more organisations join this ground breaking financial sector initiative, we step ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... in G4. John Purcell of CPA Australia and Kirsten Simpson of Net Balance participated in the technical editing taskforce, Andrew Cole of Lend Lease was on the boundary working group, Hugh Grant of Net Balance was on the governance working group, while ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... member blogs and online videos," she said. "For example, we've recently posted an interview on our member website with Andrew Gray, our Investment Governance Manager, about our Active Investor program and discuss our approach to integrating ESG considerations ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... fact that the Coalition's stated policy is to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Norton Rose notes that Andrew Robb, shadow minister for finance, deregulation and debt reduction and Greg Hunt, shadow minister for climate action, environment ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Businesses around the world are addressing climate change as a strategic long-term risk despite the lack of political consensus. Andrew Hoffman, professsor of sustainable enterprise, University of Michigan Impacted by extreme weather events and guided ...