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Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... invested in responsible investment strategies across asset classes including Australian shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity. CEO Peter Lambert talks with The Sustainability Report about the superannuation ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) survey of environmental and social performance at 340 of the world's largest property companies has found that the companies on average have reduced their energy consumption in 2010 by almost 3% and water consumption ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... two other directly owned properties in LGS' portfolio do not qualify for NABERS ratings because they are a small retail property and an industrial estate, said Brian Churchill, LGS property portfolio manager. The LGS-owned properties that received the ...

DEXUS appoint Tonianne Dwyer independent director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
DEXUS Property Group has appointed Tonianne Dwyer as an independent director. Dwyer served from 2006-2010 as director of Quintain Estates and Development, a listed United Kingdom property company engaged in funds management, investment and urban regeneration ...

R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings to fund NT property conservation with carbon rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH) has purchased a AU$13m pastoral property in the Northern Territory with the goal of funding the restoration and conservation of land through the sale of carbon rights and bio-diversity values. Bacon Range ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... private real estate investments. GRESB will be used by institutional investors to engage with fund managers and listed property companies and improve the sustainability of the global property sector. "It is an investor led initiative," said Nils Kok ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... is struggling to grapple with the financial impacts of the suspension. Stockwell, who runs 7,000 head of cattle on his property, estimates that it may take two years for producers in the Northern Territory to recover. Stockwell is also adamant that the ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... think more about asset classes, what's happening with their infrastructure assets, for example, and how resilient their property assets are." Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital Investors said in a report this ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... have also joined the Advisory Board for GRESB. So they [GRESB] will be doing that on our behalf, and that will cover our property investments. That's phenomenal to be able to cover that off this year. Q: In terms of benchmarking your own performance ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... has approximately $3.1bn invested in responsible investment strategies across Australian shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity asset classes, according to the fund. SuperRatings noted "LGS has shown excellent ...