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Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Eliminating the fossil fuel sector from a global benchmark index can yield a small positive return effect with low tracking error, according to analysis by Impax Asset Management. Impax created model equity portfolios structured around fossil fuel divestment ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... were the next-most common climate-themed bonds. "Applying an index-type filter -credit ratings, currencies eligible on benchmark indices, bonds over US$100 million - shows there are US$163 billion of investment-grade bonds available to international ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... responses in a comprehensive, standardised fashion. The scores allow the 65 members of the CDP supply chain program to benchmark environmental performance, examine practices and develop year-on-year performance improvements. "Partnering with FCS makes ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... ratings were overweighted and those with low current ratings were underweighted and maintaining other exposures close to benchmark. The third strategy was an "ESG momentum" approach, in which no stocks were excluded, but overweighted stocks that whose ...

NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has been recognised for its sustainability reporting, while bankmecu won an award for integrated reporting at the 2013 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA). Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director The ARA awards are intended ...

GBCA: Green Star buildings more efficient, less wasteful

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Green Star-rated buildings produce around one third the greenhouse gas emissions and use a third of the electricity consumed by the average Australian building, according to research from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). GBCA's report ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... conference, EITI announced reforms to the existing standard to further push the amount of disclosure. EITI is a global benchmark for natural resource revenue management. Around 40 countries implement the EITI standard, which requires full disclosure ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... good business case." The index was developed to provide investors using the Emerald Wrap with a potential vehicle and a benchmark for performance, but Thomas notes that the index is not widely invested. He notes as well that there is significant tracking ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and their new Investment Leadership Group." CFSGAM noted that their main benchmark in responsible investment is their performance relative to peers against the UNPRI. CFSGAM is in the top quartile for ...