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Carbon price an "entry point" for sustainability discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... data, but it can be done. Other sustainability indicators, some of them are clearly sourced from financial data, such as water and waste charges, transport costs, and others are sourced from data that might be there in existing financial system or could ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... down that path. We would generally hold our properties for longer than 10 years, but if a fund has to pay off energy and water efficiency upgrades for 10 years or more, it's difficult to justify large capital expenses. It doesn't mean that there aren't ...

ASX100 CEO pay increases faster than stock value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... study notes that CEO cash pay in 2010 - the value of pay disclosed excluding share based payments - has fallen from the high-water line of 2008, it is higher than any other year before 2007, despite S&P/ASX100 declines of 30% to the 10 years to 30 June ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... property companies has found that the companies on average have reduced their energy consumption in 2010 by almost 3% and water consumption by nearly 5%. Australian property companies dominated, holding positions in six of GRESB's global top 10. The ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and measures a building's performance during operation in terms of energy, water, waste and indoor environment. The Office of Environment and Heritage recently extended the NABERS rating scale from a maximum ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability risks, companies and other organizations need to do more, including setting targets to reduce energy and water consumption and identifying and meeting with stakeholders, according to Professor Carol Adams, pro vice-chancellor (Sustainability) ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... approach, investors will invest into companies that generate positive externalities, such as clean tech, renewable energy or water companies. "This approach is not dissimilar to buying a long-term portfolio insurance as a hedge to ensure multi-period ...

R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings to fund NT property conservation with carbon rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... agriculture and we see an exciting opportunity in carbon sequestration," Pearse said in a statement. "By actively managing fire, water, weeds and feral animals on this former pastoral property we'll encourage natural revegetation, removing carbon dioxide ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... management, it specifies "all material environmental aspects impacted by the company's operations, including impacts to air, water, land, biodiversity and species distribution, human health, energy consumption and waste generation," as well as the potential ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... "Australia is leading in terms of environmental questions," Kok said. "It's on everyone's radar screen questions of how energy, water and waste can be improved. But social is newer. Social for new developments has been around for a longer in Europe ...