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Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Companies should be assessing the full range of strategic options of response to the carbon pricing mechanism, and not doing so is as risky as doing nothing at all, according to a new Ernst & Young report. Many businesses have implemented the processes ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia will be the second market that will be evaluated on the six criteria. Christensen said that other markets, such as Europe, would be added later. "This roll-out will still require the customisation to team capacity," Christensen said. "In the ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report. "What investors are looking for is not AAA - there is too much AAA. It's negative money these days in Europe. What people are looking for is A and AA. If you think about those three things, here's a demand for A and AA at the moment ...

Cbus CEO David Atkin re-elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact, and an appointed chair. There are representatives from each geographic region - Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Oceania and Africa and the Middle East. Council members serve for a term of three ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... European Union have announced that they will link their carbon markets from 2015, and that ACCUs could potentially be used in Europe for offsetting purposes. "The Australian government is committed to the CFI and having these credits open for compliance," ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... also established a "collar" - a floor price for permits at AU$15. This had been a highly contentious figure given that Europe's emission trading scheme, which is also a market based vehicle has traded around AU$8. Removing the pricing floor removes medium-term ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has joined the Climate Bond Standard's energy efficiency working group, which will develop criteria to certify energy efficiency-related bonds. Low Carbon Australia will work with representatives from the International Energy Agency ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Institutional investors globally are conducting climate change risk assessments of portfolios, with 26% making changes to their investment strategy or decision-making as a result, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Regulations governing energy efficiency in the property sector across the European Union need to be addressed to overcome split incentives, to aid in refurbishing existing built stock and to exploit opportunities for sustainability improvements throughout ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... of ESG issues in general partners' (GP) businesses, nor did it probe into the regional divergences between Asia Pacific, Europe and North America, Freeman said the differences could be partially attributed to the relative financial situations of the ...