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CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... 13.2% of its total energy consumption from tracked renewable energy. Woodside Petroleum was awarded most profitable investment in carbon reduction, having "reported that it achieved a 17,776% Return on Investment from a US$92,666 investment which achieves ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... coming to LGS, he was portfolio manager of direct property for Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the $1b treasury and investment arm of the Uniting Church in Australia. In this role, he managed a AU$260 million direct property portfolio, in line with ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Northern Territory government are funding a $55 million project that will provide solar photovoltaic systems to off-grid communities. ARENA and the NT government will each provide AU$27.5 million ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... fraud and misconduct, compliance and risk management, people and culture, financial management, liquidity management, investment processes, information technology and legislative and regulatory context. In terms of financial performance, VicSuper reported ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... changes to LGS's negative screens were driven by the fund's analysis that this sector will "adversely affected from an investment perspective by the likely transition to a lower carbon economy as governments respond to the increasing threat of climate ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Verway Sheikh met whilst campaigning as Green Party candidates in ACT ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds becoming more active in exercising their voting rights, and larger funds taking their domestic Australian investment management in-house, there has been an increased focus on engaging with boards in particular about ESG issues, separate ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... to KPMG. Carl Adams, head of mining, KPMG Australia KPMG's Global Mining Institute recently released Valuing social investment in mining, which surveyed the corporate reports of 10 of the world's largest mining, metals and engineering companies. Collectively ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... would require AU$22 billion cross-subsidy to the renewable sector until 2020 and encourage AU$15 billion of additional investment in renewable generation. "This investment comes at the expense of investment elsewhere in the economy and the additional ...

Bloomberg named supporter of Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... with NCD to build a strong coalition of organisations that will bring natural capital considerations into mainstream investment decisions." Bloomberg's support of NCD is "a logical extension" of its work to provide sustainability information to investors ...