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The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... research from BlackRock. Dr Joanna Nash, research analyst, BlackRock's global Scientific Active Equity team BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) recently published a report, The Price of Climate Change: Global Warming's Impact on Portfolios, analysing ...

ARENA receives 77 applications for $100m large scale PV

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... support projects with loan requirements of $15 million or more and is targeted at unlocking additional private sector investment in the large-scale solar sector, ARENA said. The AU$100 million large scale solar round would set to nearly double Australia's ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... GRI's mission - to provide the standards that can enhance market transparency and reporting capabilities to increase investment to developing and emerging markets. "Sustainability reporting has been done for 20 years, and where are we really at," Meehan ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
With the uptake of responsible investment strategies and products, the next strategic stage for the responsible investment industry will be for managers, advisers and superannuation funds to engage strongly with consumers. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO This ...

CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... investors as an integral part of their operations," Day said. "Investors will be interested in the very high returns on investment achieved by many companies on their carbon reduction initiatives. Returns on investment as high as 10,000% were achieved ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has hired Nicole Bradford as investment manager - ESG. Bradford comes to Cbus from GE Capital - Asia Pacific, where she worked as environmental and social risk leader. In that role, she was responsible for "identifying, managing and monitoring ...

Ernst & Young joins Climate Bonds Initiative as partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... said Matthew Bell, Oceania leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY. "EY recognises that capital markets investment will be essential to finance the green growth we need to avert catastrophic climate change," Bell said "We need to see the ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... brought to the fore, institutional investors have told BNP Paribas Securities Services. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance, BNP Paribas Securities Services With scandals such as the discovery that car manufacturer ...

Mirvac marks strategic process in 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... by 2015; re-imagining resources - to be net positive by 2030; and enriching communities - "demonstrating community investment within and beyond our boundaries by 2018", Mirvac has said. In terms of achieving its sustainability targets, the company held ...

Sustainability reporting improving, room to grow: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Companies are improving the effectiveness of their non-financial reporting, but they need to improve the quality of disclosures for sustainability reporting to reach its full potential, according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ...