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Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... chains, to access to scare resources. The paper also discusses possible opportunities via redeploying capital to emerging industries such as renewable energies. One of the key points the MSCI paper highlights as an argument in favour of investing with ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... commodity associations. It was established in 2001 to improve sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. Members include BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newmont and Minerals and Metals Group. See Also: Transparency improving around ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... reduced" by the planned assistance package, according to research from MSCI. Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries such as steel will feel a "negligible" effect, while aluminium smelters and refiners could see reductions in earnings before ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... regulations and thus not covered by the package, and there is concern that parts of the assistance package to affected industries are left to budget allocations. Grant Anderson "In terms of things that are missing from the draft legislation, there are ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... importance and stakeholder importance, Black of the ACCSR said. "One of the problems that many managers face in many industries is that they tend to confuse what is strategically important with the company with what is important to stakeholders," she ...

Carbon tax regime to affect liability for joint ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... life projects." Anderson takes a sanguine view about the impact of a carbon tax on joint venture projects in affected industries. "Investors, whether they're overseas or domestic, will price carbon liabilities into an investment," he said. "It's just ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... the agricultural sector is excluded from the scheme, as is petrol for households, while domestic commercial transport industries are subject to the tax. Treasury estimates industries that are 90% of employment account for less than 10% of carbon emissions. ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... further improvements in ESG related activities. In particular, the firm discussed its participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). CFSGAM became an EITI signatory in 2009 and in 2010 focused on its participation in the body ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... transition to a low-carbon economy without detrimentally impacting on local and international competitiveness of major industries such as mining, and encourages the development and use of low-carbon technology. The council originally developed its climate ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... coverage and the depth of its analysis," Fryer said. "We look at the financial dimension of ESG, taking a top-down look at industries and identify the key drivers of risk and return from an ESG perspective," Fryer said. "Firstly, we identify a number ...