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Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... almost entirely railway bonds, and US$29bn in low carbon energy bonds, according to the report. Kidney noted that the broad scope covering climate-themed bonds presents opportunities for Australian issuance across a range of activities, such as the forthcoming ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... to the energy, materials and utilities sector, and that a vast majority of electricity is derived from coal, which is a Scope 2 emission. However, the audit, which is available on the LGS website, also showed that listed Australian shares have a lower ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... We also have the Boundary Working Group for boundary, but this is a very hot topic. It is about how a company defines the scope they are covering in the report and the information that they're including. It's very tricky because it's also about how the ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... metric that takes into account seven principles - stakeholder involvement, an understanding what changes as part of the scope, using financial proxies for indicators of materiality, not overclaiming, transparency and verification. It can be used as a ...

RIAA to join in global report on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA) will participate in a joint project with other sustainable investment organisations to report on the global scope of sustainable and responsible investment. The "trends report" will provide information in the types of investors involved ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... impacts that carbon pricing will have -although the agribusiness sector is exempt from paying the carbon price on their scope 1 and 2 emissions, they will feel the impact of higher costs in electricity and chemicals and fertilizers that will be hit by ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Dell's gross margins by 40 basis points." The CDP believes that these facts increase the need "for greater action to reduce Scope 3 emissions - those emissions that occur beyond direct operations and account for as much as 86% of a company's carbon footprint." ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... outcomes they're looking at," Major said. "If they're looking at a big infrastructure asset that's being built, there is more scope to be a direct equity investor, but if you're talking about energy efficiency technologies or more a more venture capital ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... London to reduce the energy used for air-conditioning." Purchased electricity is the global source of 78% of Westfield's GHG scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, the company said. Westfield has measured its GHG emissions since 2006 and has reported them through ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... become a higher priority on investors' agendas as they engage with their invested companies on governance issues. To give scope on the amount of money companies accessed through capital raisings, approximately AU$100bn was raised S&P/ASX 200 entities ...