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Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... child labour and Amazonian rainforest deforestation, are not concerns for Australian-based producers, for example, while water use is a concern in Australia. RMAC's SSG is currently conducting a three month public consultation and gathering data to determine ...

Impax Asset Management analyses environmental impact of portfolio

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... positive environmental outcome of their allocation by focusing on C02 emissions, C02 avoidance, renewable energy generation, water treatment and materials recovery and recycling," Jenkyn-Jones said. "We wanted to not just look at the footprint but we ...

Investors have "no place to hide" from climate change impacts: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... have our impact fund which takes into consideration a lot of factors in individual companies - carbon emissions, waste, water usage, green patents and so forth- in that. The work that was done on keeping score - figuring out the resource efficiency ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... generation (solar, wave, geothermal, wind), metering and control, green building and biomaterials, transport technologies, water and waste." The Clean Energy Seed Fund will invest in clean energy startups in partnership with established clean energy ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... financing model to multiple states in the US, and enabling financing for residential and commercial renewable energy and water efficiency projects. Renew Financial was founded in 2008 by Cisco DeVries, who created the PACE concept. PACE is a financing ...

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... impact investment, social finance and philanthropy leader. "An example of this is the recent Murray Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund which has been recognised as a landmark transaction intended to provide attractive returns to all by aligning the interests ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... also continued to grow in 2015, increasing by 21% to $278 million, consisting of investments in sustainable agriculture and water funds. The report also found that responsible investing is becoming 'much more sophisticated in its approach', with investors ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Green Bond proceeds will fund a portfolio of state investments in energy efficiency, reneable energy, public transport and water treatment, TCV said. The But is rated AAA (negative outlook) by Standard & Poor's and Aaa (stable) by Moody's Investor Services. ...

Natural Capital Protocol launched worldwide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... investments." The Protocol is available under a Creative Commons License, and "brings together the environmental strands of climate, water, energy, biodiversity and waste into a uniform strategic approach," according to the coalition behind the Natural ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... bonds issued from January 2005 to May 2016, from 780 individual issuers across transport, energy, buildings and industry, water, waste and pollution and agriculture and forestry. Obviously, the universe is dominated by unlabelled climate-aligned bonds ...