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Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment approaches in a number of structured fashions, including tilting towards or against ESG factors, taking an active ownership approach, targeted ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Plan, and may receive a small surplus in free permits and funding above permit liabilities." Bluescope Steel could see a 2.4% gain, and Onesteel could see a 2.1% gain. "Our latest research seeks to identify and estimate assistance for a broad set of ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... of opportunities for traders." One area of concern is the fact that there might not be enough lead time for companies to gain a sense of certainty around the price of carbon. "There are five years of rolling caps under the proposal, and that's not sufficient," ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... disclosing its activities as part of its commitments. In addition to investment managers engaging directly with companies to gain insight on how they manage ESG and communicate CFSGAM's consideration of those factors in its investment decisions, the ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... historically slow adopters of change, but it is possible that in time, institutions will need to adopt sustainable investing to gain support of governments and protect their reputations - to be seen to be doing well by doing good. But in the meantime ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
A majority of ASX100 companies now report on ESG issues, with an increased focus on material issues and increased acceptance of sustainability risks such as human capital management, according to an analyst at Macquarie Bank. Analyst Aimee Kaye singled ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has reported that Australia has the legal, regulatory and capital markets expertise to implement a carbon emissions pricing mechanism and transition to a lower carbon economy. "The imposition ...

Environmental services company declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... the first environmental services company to achieve this under the Carbon Neutral Program run by Low Carbon Australia. To gain that status, An Mea has undertaken to measure, reduce and offset the emissions from their business operation. Low Carbon Australia ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... issues for the business. Meanwhile, Woolworths also recognizes the social impacts of some of their business decisions - to gain liquor licenses in Queensland, the company must own pubs, which has led to the company being involved in gaming, "however ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... company said. The stakeholder assessment drew praise from Edgerton. "In terms of workplace risk, a company like Rio could gain some good insight by tapping into those stakeholders, and then report better information to their investors," he said. ""As ...