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Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... and portfolios." Work with clients can also entail evaluating investors' external managers against Mercer's ESG rating system and evaluating thematic allocations across asset classes, Ambachtsheer said. "We assign an ESG rating to every strategy, and ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... properties." EUAs are already in operation and can be used to upgrade 0-star National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) buildings to perform as 4 and 5-star properties. CEFC cited several projects for which it provided financing through ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... comparability, such as the development of the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) and Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS). "There is an emerging standard, such as IRIS, which is becoming one of the key tools," he said. "The other ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Australia's real estate investment trusts (REITs) "are amongst the most progressive globally when it comes to acknowledging, measuring and managing ESG risks," according to analysis by J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's Australian equity research team questioned ...

Equinix Sydney facility receives LEED certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... global data centre services, has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system gold certification for the first phase instruction of its facility in Mascot, Sydney. LEED is maintained by the U.S. Green ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... measuring the process and while there aren't many what we'd call ESG I and II [the highest ratings under Mercer's ESG rating system] fixed income managers integrating in that way, there are some. There are managers capable of doing it in a robust way. ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... the CBD to support Ipswich's local economy." The building had a zero star National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) result in January 2011, but it is now targeting four stars, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia's CEO. The Limestone ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia and are a mix of commercial and retail properties, with a range of stars under the National Building Energy Rating System (NABERS)," Christodoulou said. "Potential environmental impacts from climate change will vary according to location but ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... ratings - our [Global Investment Manager Database] GIMD ratings, are our overall ratings, and then we also have an ESG rating system of one to four, with one being the best. I think people will start saying to us, how are the managers rated and what ...

GBCA certifies record 100 Green Star projects for 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... certifications that GBCA has done since certifying 88 projects in 2009. GBCA launched the Green Star environmental rating system for buildings in 2003, and more than 390 Green Star certificates have been awarded, with nearly 550 building projects registered ...