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Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... service partner. The election will take place until 25 July and is open to all 900+ PRI signatories. The UNPRI is an investor-led initiative was established to help investors achieve better long-term investment returns and sustainable markets through ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The retail industry could save up to AU$1bn annually by 2020 if they made a focused investment in energy efficient initiatives such as lighting and temperature control, according to a study by National Australia Bank and ClimateWorks Australia. Low ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... that it would be launching a "plan of action" over the next months and would be talking to a broad range of stakeholders, led by its new climate change team of John Drexhage, ICMM's director, and Simone Cooper, the council's senior program officer. The ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... other end of the scale, policies to encourage small-scale renewable generation are substantially less cost effective and have led to relatively little abatement." In its conclusions, the report warned that the estimates used in their modelling can't ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Polynesian Blue. Virgin Australia first received a government endorsement for its low carbon scheme in 2007. "Virgin Australia has led the way in providing the opportunity for its clients to fly carbon neutral by offsetting their own share of flight ...

Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... impacts of some of their business decisions - to gain liquor licenses in Queensland, the company must own pubs, which has led to the company being involved in gaming, "however, they have found that being transparent about their business activities has ...

Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... there yet. In my view the Australian market has done a lot to figure out who has to lift their game, and in some areas has led global best practice, but I don't think at the moment that many investors feel that they've done everything they can."

PRI hires Rob Lake as director of strategic development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... team in delivering tools and strategies to assist investors to integrate ESG factors into investments. PRI is an investor-led initiative backed by the UN. It was established to help investors achieve better long-term investment returns and sustainable ...