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Australian cities disclose emissions data to CDP cities program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Lumpur, Guangzhou, Bangalore and Kolkata. More cities are also undertaking new activities such as undertaking a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, according to CDP. In 2011, one in ten cities reported conducting a citywide emissions inventory, and now ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... target. This is the equivalent of taking 800,000 cars off the road or saving approximately 2.7 million tons of greenhouse gas. At the same time we expect to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns for key clients by developing a pipeline of large scale ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... That's something else we've been looking at. I have to admit that besides carbon and certain sectors like utilities and oil and gas, the environment and social are a bit more difficult on the credit side, whereas on governance, the credit guys get it." ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... both 2015 and 2016, 48 upgraded their reporting level, and only eight downgraded, and the improved sectors are utilities, gas, and energy distribution companies, ACSI said. However, ACSI noted that there are 57 companies - 3-% of the overall ASX200 by ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... internal research team in the US as well as third-party research providers. Dimensional noted that MSCI is the data provider on gas emissions. The Global Sustainability Trust is being offered on the BT and Macquarie wraps at the moment, and is available ...

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... through the supply chain, costing US$940 billion per year, while food loss and waste generates about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. "Waste makes everybody poorer," said Kristian Jensen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark. "I am pleased that ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is an international set of standards for transparency in reporting in the oil, gas and mining sectors. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia Josh Frydenberg ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... transition risks." Non-governmental organisations are also pressing the case to help enable companies to set corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets - the Science Based Targets Initiative is an initiative of the CDP, the UN Global Compact (UNGC) ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... investment vehicle for the registration of projects by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for California's greenhouse gas cap and trade program, and the management of the offset credits generated through those projects. "What we certainly have ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... financial and carbon benefits of solar with the speed of deployment, flexibility and modularity of a conventional diesel or gas generator. This is music to the ears of off-grid electricity consumers. Further, due to the flexibility and mobility of the ...