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Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Alexis Cheang as a senior responsible investment consultant within Mercer's Responsible Investment team. Cheang is based in Sydney and will work with Mercer's investment clients "in helping them implement Mercer's recently launched Framework for Sustainable ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... ESG and enhanced index solutions, and there has already been interest from the Australian market, said Craig Hurt, the Sydney-based director of AXA Investment Managers in Australia and New Zealand. Interest in Australia is influenced by the relatively ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... solar PV array and ceiling insulation. Tumut is in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, around 400 kilometres southwest of Sydney. Tumut Shire Council covers an area of 4,567 square kilometres and a population of 11,480. "We've helped councils to accelerate ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
A new study from the University of Sydney Business School concludes there is no legal barrier preventing trusts and foundations from pursuing impact investments, and finds that impact investing has to move past the stage of engaging with early adopters ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Piacenza, a partner at Crowe Horwath in Argentina, to Australia to present on sustainability reporting to clients in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. "The first reaction is always surprise because a lot of companies don't understand that there are well ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... to develop their ESG approaches, and Ambachtsheer explained the process as part of Mercer's Global Investment Forum in Sydney this week. "We have developed our formal ESG framework for helping create a little more structure around the process of integrating ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... buildings' energy consumption and costs," said CEFC CEO Oliver Yates. EUAs are currently offered by the Cities of Melbourne, Sydney, North Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. The provision of EUAs is in planning for Penrith and Wollongong ...

Australian Ethical Investment hires head of ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... asset securitisation at ABN AMRO Australia. Dr Palmer received his doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Sydney. "We are delighted to welcome Stuart to the team," said Phil Vernon, managing director of Australian Ethical. "Australian Ethical ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... recent report. David Rickards, Social Enterprise Finance Australia According to a report produced by the University of Sydney Business School, misperceptions that impact investments means sacrificing return, a lack of consensus on how to "assess and ...

CDP to broaden, enhance cities program with Bloomberg grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... issue of climate change, this partnership is a perfect fit." Over 100 city governments worldwide-including Melbourne and Sydney - use CDP's platform to report on their GHG emissions, climate risk and actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In ...