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FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... whose principal business activity is either coal mining or general mining as identified by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), FTSE Russell said. The companies are also screened for revenue, which must arise from various forms of coal mining ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is lodging resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation activities, among other ...

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... security risks. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP has created a public scoring methodology to evaluate and benchmark corporate water management efforts. South Pole Group will act as the scoring partner, and together, the organisations will evaluate ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Francaise Lux-Inflection Point Zero Carbon (ZC) in mid-June. It is a long-only Luxembourg SICAV sub-fund. The fund's benchmark is the MSCI All-Country World Index, with Inflection Point Capital Mangement's carbon finance research underpinning the selection ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) has developed draft indicators that will be used to rank companies on their human rights performance. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO The draft indicators are out for public consultation, and CHRB plans to use the ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... 10 list that speaks of the best 'E' companies and the worst 'E' companies. We'll give you an active split between the benchmark and your portfolio on ES and G." BNP Paribas is also developing analytics to forecast risk around companies with high exposures ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ is partnering with the Australian Water Association (AWA) on water and wastewater management programs in South-East Asia. Christina Tonkin, ANZ managing director of global loans and advisory. The partnership will see AWA focus on "knowledge sharing ...

GRESB issues real estate green bond guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has released Green Bond Guidelines for the Real Estate Sector. The Green Bond Guidelines complement the Green Bond Principles with sector-specific guidance for origination or investment in green ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... and the superannuation fund has reduced the carbon intensity of their international share portfolio to 30% below its benchmark. During that time, the international shares portfolio continued to outperform the market, Lambert said. "We believe the PDC ...

GRESB launches real estate debt survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has expanded its scope by launching the GRESB Debt Survey. The 2015 GRESB Debt Survey will collect data on real estate debt investments, building on GRESB's work surveying real estate equity vehicles. ...