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CEFC provides $68m finance to Geelong office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... building energy rating, French-Wright said. Quintessential Equity is an unlisted property fund specialising in syndicated investment in Australia. It was established in July 2010 and specialises in the commercial and industrial sectors.

Podcast: Australia's Affordable Housing Solution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Leveraging private capital, including that of Australia's $1.4 trillion superannuation industry, could unlock significant investment in the sector. But it requires collaboration between businesses, community organisations and governments. This episode ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as investment impacts. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA As discussed in a podcast jointly produced by The Sustainability Report and Pro Bono Australia ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... with a net zero emissions economy?" With that as the global markets signal of where regulatory, litigation, social and investment trends will go, directors must adjust their strategy accordingly. "If you want a regulatory market signal, is it reasonable ...

Local Councils "missing out" on clean energy solutions: CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... provider of infrastructure and are responsible for more than AU$380 billion of fixed assets and land. "By restricting investment to what can be paid for from current-year or retained income, councils face an accumulation of inefficient, out-of-date or ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives ARENA grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$425,000 in grant funding to Sustainable Melbourne Fund to assist councils in Victoria to set up environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... actually harness that, we're losing 50% of the talent in the country. That doesn't make any sense; think about the investment we put in to build the minds to get the diversity to get the thought, and then 10 years down the track to have that dwindle?" ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... which rank poorly on sustainability and overweights those with better sustainability practice, yielding an eligible investment universe of close to 1500 large cap securities in 22 developed countries ex-Australia. Dimensional Fund Advisors has chosen ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... executive manager of the UN Global Compact Network Australia, Peter Murphy, CEO of Christian Super, Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment research at AMP Capital Investors and Michael Salvatico, executive director of MSCI ESG Research. Cope noted that the ...

IGCC outlines climate change policy priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... policy priorities for the next term of federal government that should be a foundation for managing risk and encouraging investment in low carbon finance opportunities. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC IGCC identified the seven policy priorities are "stable and durable ...