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Citywide make two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Citywide, an open space, infrastructure and environmental services firm, has appointed Peter Lamell and Paul Hardy to its board. Lamell and Hardy will replace outgoing director Peter Lowe, who will step down at the Citywide AGM later this year, and ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors both in Australia and around the world are still in early stages of uptake in both environmental, social and governance (ESG)-factor investing and in quantitative-based tailored approaches to risk and return, according to Northern ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Divesting from the worst emitting fossil fuels is only one step towards decarbonising the world economy, and Australian Ethical Investment says achieving the stated goal of capping global temperature increases to 2 degrees C requires a "sophisticated ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a tool that will provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) data for customised reporting purposes. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance, BNP Paribas Securities Services ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest up to AU$125 million in a AU$400 million unlisted sustainable property trust to be managed by EG Group. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The High Income Sustainable Office ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Legal and investment experts have been advising superannuation fund trustees that they have an obligation to include evaluation of climate change risk in their overall governance and investment processes. But there may be new urgency to the calls, influenced ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... finance businesses' moves to higher fuel efficiency vehicles, hybrid and electric vehicles and related infrastructure. Australia spends "more than [AU]$120 billion a year on energy - that's a 67% increase over 10 years," noted Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. ...

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Eureka Funds Management, National Australia Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have financed a AU$1.2 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit the Readers Digest Building in Sydney. The agreement has been signed ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ is partnering with the Australian Water Association (AWA) on water and wastewater management programs in South-East Asia. Christina Tonkin, ANZ managing director of global loans and advisory. The partnership will see AWA focus on "knowledge sharing ...

Expert panel discusses CSR practices in action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Innovation in corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices can lead to outcomes including retention of staff, creation of new value for shareholders, mitigation of risks, and more efficient allocation of capital, according a panel of experts speaking ...