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NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... development manager at Climate Friendly. "Western NSW has been in a drought situation for several years, and the farmer had a few options - he could either clear the land and put in cattle or crops, or he could protect the forest. After giving it a fair ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... absolute stand out, and that is the absolute polarisation in the index," said Julian Poulter, executive director of AODP. "A few funds at the top that are being very active - they're not perfect and like all indices, its' a relative measure. This year ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... investors and how the stewardship activities will be disclosed, assured and reported," according to the firm. "There are a few levels to it," said Pablo Berrutti, head of responsible investment Asia Pacific at CFSGAM. "First, it was a chance for us to ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... reported scope 3 emissions, the report said. "The use of sold products and emissions of investments were reported by very few companies," Day said. "For example, only three financial companies from the ASX200 and NZ50 reported emissions from their investments. ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... sector as a whole underperforms on OHS in terms of both disclosure and performance, Carlsson-Sweeny said. "For retail, very few companies actually are better than industry average, and in terms of what it means for management, it's hard to say," he said. ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... invested responsibly, but that the responsible investment mandate is dominated by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and a few larger community trusts. The New Zealand Superannuation fund has NZ$23 billion in assets under management and invests money ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... plc., and will be made available to other institutional investors in Europe in accordance with the UCITS Directive. "With few exceptions, carbon dioxide is now widely recognised to have a negative impact on the climate," said Mats Andersson, CEO at AP4 ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... arising from some states with employees that are keen to get out of the public sector and be more entrepreneurial." There are a few legal structural challenges that need to be resolved to facilitate the development of the sector - Greig pointed to the ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities. "As we launched the SEDIF fund over the last few years, we received inquiries from early stage social enterprises that didn't fit the lending profile of the fund," Drew said. ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Average CEO fixed pay in the top 100 companies fell for only the second time in 11 years, but average CEO pay is still 67 times more than the average Australian salary, according to new research from the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI). ...