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Farrell names appointments to National Water Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, Senator Don Farrell, has appointed Karlene Maywald chair of the National Water Commission and re-appointed three commissioners. Don Farrell Maywald is a former South Australian Nationals ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
More than two thirds of 22 ASX100 water-sensitive companies responding to a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) request for disclosure on water management identify water as a substantial risk to business, but only 55% report board-level oversight of water-related ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... benchmark ESG scores, analysis with the lowest and highest rated positions and assessment of issues including carbon emissions, water stress, and human capital development. It offers users that analysis relative to MSCI's global equity and ESG indices. ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry. Green bonds are tied to financing projects that benefit the environment ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... things like biodiversity, land use, climate change and vulnerability to climate change, air pollution, energy security, water security, waste management, to name a few issues. On the social side, there are things like education levels, the GINI coefficient ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... which has fallen 14% for the largest companies in the past two years," the report said. "A minority are taking steps around water footprinting and eco-design - even among the largest companies. A majority are taking steps to fully integrate waste management ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including energy, building and industry, climate finance, water, waste and pollution controls, agriculture and forestry, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... they have a responsibility to operate sustainably, only 20-30% of those respondents measure and report energy, waste and water usage regularly. In their annual Fund Sustainability Review 2012, SuperRatings found that the introduction of the carbon pricing ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has certified as carbon neutral Western Water 's Class A Recycled Water Plant in Melton, north-west of Melbourne. The Melton plant's biogas cogeneration facility uses methane emissions generated from the water recycling process ...

UKSIF endorses Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food ...