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Investors make 2012 climate change investment commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a collaborative group of more than 100 institutional investors managing nearly US$10tr, has agreed to an agenda that will further integrate climate risks and opportunities into investment portfolios and processes ...

Australian Ethical names exec director business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Steve Newnham executive director, business development. Newnham has been a director of Australian Ethical for the past year, said Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical's managing director. Newnham will work on developing ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
The introduction of the carbon pricing regime will be one of the top priorities for companies and investors in 2012, with a concurrent interest in increased investment in assets to mitigate and adapt climate change, according to sustainability professionals. ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... provide meaningful additional factors for risk mitigation and return generation Australian property funds top GRESB list Investor Profile: Colonial First State Global Asset Management Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Publicly listed companies should recognise existing shareholders when raising equity capital, and should disclose how a capital equity raising is priced and built and ensure that fees associated with a equity capital raising reflect value and risk ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has become the first private investor to fund an environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) in the City of Melbourne. The agreement, signed between NAB, the City of Melbourne, Low Carbon Australia and the owner of 123 Queen ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Although the multi-country climate change talks in Durban failed to yield a comprehensive treaty, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) did result in extensions to programs that ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Presima, a global boutique investment manager that invests in listed real estate securities, has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) as a member. Presima is based in Montreal, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of nabInvest ...

Wesfarmers recognised at Australian Sustainability Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... because of its responsiveness to "engagement on issues of concern to the ethical investment sector," according to Ethical Investor magazine. "It also boasts a formal Ethical Sourcing Code, an extensive energy efficiency drive, sustainable packaging as ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... statutory charge, ranks equally to the position of a local government, senior to existing mortgages. This is derisked from an investor's point of view." National Australia Bank, Low Carbon Australia and Eureka Funds Management developed the EUA finance ...