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ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... in using integrated ESG approaches. In terms of Asian private markets, such as private equity, real estate and infrastructure, responsible investment tends to be limited to a themed investment approach, particularly environmental technology. ASrIA highlighted ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... have traditionally lagged in environmental sustainability are coming into the game. For some of those sectors - infrastructure and construction are two areas we're targeting at the moment - their ability to deliver environmental and social outcomes are ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... across the country were built a number of years ago, residential and businesses estates have of course grown and the infrastructure needs to be upgraded. To provide reliable power supply, network owners can either build new electricity infrastructure ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Decommissioning of spent nuclear power plants Protecting against rising sea levels Replacing and strengthening infrastructure to meet more extreme weather events, and Maintaining armed forces to defend borders against immigration, defend resource supplies ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... climate change is costing an estimated US$1.6tr per year, expected to rise to over US$4tr by 2030, with damage to infrastructure being the single largest cost incurred. The transition will be volatile and markets will be disrupted as a result of that ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... new product offerings (+40), new technology (+38.6) and staff training (+38.4). While external (government-built) infrastructure was neutral (+1.4), regulation of any form was seen as a huge burden: environmental regulation (-31.8), the Fair Work Act ...

ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... with best practices regarding issues such as water quality and working with communities that might be impacted by infrastructure development. The bank identified a need for a hydroelectric power policy in its 2012 review and has added it as part of their ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... according to Yulia Reuter and Dana Sasarean, senior analysts, MSCI ESG Research. "Poor management of oil and gas infrastructure - pipelines, refineries, drilling rigs - could lead to blowouts, fatalities, fires, and large hydrocarbon spills with significant ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... agribusiness sector to be the "food bowl" for the region, but again, the opportunities come tempered with challenges - infrastructure development, developing skilled workers, and biodiversity and environmental risks. "Capacity-building and resilient ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... investors if the Australian government pushes ahead with some of the prescriptions in the paper - the paper calls for infrastructure investment to increase productivity, and identifies parts of the government's Clean Energy Future legislation as necessary ...