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Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors have expressed broad support for the government's proposed carbon mitigation scheme. Under legislation outlined by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the scheme will start from 1 July 2012. For the first three years, it will run as ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
PUMA announced the initial results of its developing Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) Account to great global interest. The sporting and apparel manufacturer has committed to establishing an economic valuation of the company's environmental, social ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Asset Allocation, a report suggesting that institutional investors globally could be hit by economic costs of carbon emission policies of up to US$8tr by 2030 between the impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination. Clients ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon emission mitigation response is strong. See Also: Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... taxes, feed-in tariffs, and capital subsidies for constructing or installing sources of renewable energy. The Carbon Emission Policies in Key Economies Research Report examined various regimes in China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the United ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental groups and superannuation funds who want to invest in the technology." See Also: Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
James Thier is a a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment, a fund manager with AU$650m in assets under management that has specialised in ethical and sustainable investment since its 1986 inception. In addition to specialist funds, Australian ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Virgin Australia has been given carbon neutral certification by Low Carbon Australia. The publicly listed airline formerly known as Virgin Blue received government approval through the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). The carbon neutral initiative ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... international markets during what promises to be a challenging period of economic change." See Also: Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company owned by Industry Funds Management's Australian Infrastructure Fund, has received permission to create and trade carbon credits derived from a river hydro asset in Chile. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) ...