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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 ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Tanya Cox and Linda Nicholls to the board of directors. Cox is the chief operating officer and company secretary of DEXUS Property Group. Nicholls is a corporate adviser and director. Nicholls is chair of Yarra Trams, a director of Fairfax Media, Sigma ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... operations is being reviewed by stakeholders," according to the report. Macquarie Bank also cited Amcor Ltd, Commonwealth Property Office, Foster's Group Ltd, Insurance Australia Group Ltd, Macarthur Coal Ltd, Orica Ltd, Qantas Airways Ltd, Stockland ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Two local Australian participants are partners to the campaign - Manidis Roberts, a consulting firm serving the energy, property, transport, water and industrial sectors, and the Net Balance Foundation, established by sustainability consultancy Net Balance.Other ...