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MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a sovereign ratings tool designed to identify a country's exposure to and management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors. MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings provide an overall sustainability assessment of 90 countries ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... lead to sub-optimal allocations on their part." At this point, it is naturally unclear how the CEFC will implement its mandate - either as a direct investor with a suitable internal investment team to handle the due diligence and monitoring that brings ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia is providing finance on some EUA projects and also serves to monitor and report on projects as part of its mandate as a government body. "Our role is to be an impartial third party," said Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "We're ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... period closes 14 December. "To date, Australia's approach to corporate social responsibility reporting has been not to mandate any one system," Bradbury said in his speech. "The emergence of the IIRC has not changed this. However, we are aware that stakeholders ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... in line with the company's view of practicing stewardship as share owners, given the long term holding nature of their mandate in the Australian market. However, it could also prove a means for active managers to distinguish their performance in a competitive ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... initiatives, like insurance arrangements, and there are other alternatives which need to be determined in the investment mandate." In addition to developing policies to engage with the review panel, which is chaired by Jillian Broadbent, a board member ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... government in mid-March 2012 with recommendations on the implementation plan for the establishment of the CEFC, the investment mandate and risk management approach of the CEFC, and the governance arrangements of the CEFC, including the responsibilities ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) will provide opportunities for landholders to generate tradeable carbon credits from carbon abatement and sequestration activities. But while landholders across Australian industrial sectors potentially stand to offset ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Solaris Investment Management, an AU$4bn retail and institutional fund manager, has appointed Lisa Domagala as ESG specialist to the investment team. Domagala has worked with the fund since March 2010 as an ESG consultant, and her permanent appointment ...

MSCI launches ESG platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG Manager, a platform to assist asset managers and owners with managing research, analysis and compliance tasks across a range of ESG factors. MSCI is also introducing MSCI ESG Impact Monitor, a product that allows investors ...