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Mirvac integrates sustainability in "place-making" thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Property developer and manager Mirvac is applying its sustainability strategy to their role in "place making" when building retail, residential and commercial developments. Paul Edwards, group general manager sustainability, Mirvac In January 2014 ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Ed note: Updates with comment from Gordon Hagart, ACSI Gordon Hagart is leaving his role as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) to return to Europe. Hagart's announcement is "unexpected and regrettable," ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds continue to dominate the universe, at US$358.4 billion, which the report attributes to "inclusion of a number of large rail issuers that have long history of using bonds to raise finance." Energy is the second-highest amount in the universe, at ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... investments areas in low carbon transport, the Climate Bond Standard said. The group will evaluate topics including what types of rail transport should be include in a green or climate bond, whether low emission cars and hybrids should be included and ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... notably diesel fuel which is often essential for haulage and power generation on-site. Transport is also impacted, including rail and domestic shipping. "With margins in the mining sector under pressure from lower commodity prices, a repeal in the carbon ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... equipped to handle more frequent, extreme weather events and other impacts of climate change, with the electricity, road and rail and financial services sector underprepared, according to a report from The Climate Institute. The Climate Institute cites ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The AU$614m Christian Super superannuation fund is engaging with a number of Australian companies with operations in Africa, particularly Australian mining companies with the goal of obtaining greater reporting around environmental and social issues ...

ANZ, GPT Group named 2012 DJSI supersector leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank and GPT Group have been named supersector leaders for banking and real estate in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) review. DJSI has released its annual update to its sustainability indices, as announced by SAM, an investment ...

Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... people's mind in a direct way," said Allt-Graham. "The dollars that were tagged for infrastructure development, such as ports or rail, to capitalise on commodity prices have been diverted to asset replacement, such as roads and rail, after recent natural ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... what a universe of climate themed bonds would look like," said Sean Kidney, chair of the Climate Bonds Initiative. "It's rail, for example. There has been a lot of confusion about what the low carbon economy could be. The second thing is that it identifies ...