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StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... want asset protection for not just thing like jewellery or high end electronics, but for the assets that improve their quality of life - their fridge, their washing machine, their car. We have some really good interest from insurers to create micro-insurance ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... things, at how ESG risks can be mitigated." Value at risk diminishes the longer fossil fuel demand holds up, and "high quality coal with access to established export infrastructure may fare relatively better," the report finds. Coking coal, oil and gas ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director TOMRA manufactures reverse recycling machines and sorting systems for recycling quality control but last year bought a company that manufactures tobacco sorting machine. Australian Ethical owns 259,000 shares ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Golden North project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and their approximately 50 staff produces about 9.3 million litres of ice cream annually. "Our vision is to be a premium quality ice cream company competing in the national and international arenas," Adamo said. "These refrigeration upgrades are expected ...

Applying multiple capitals essential to integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... stakeholders' expectations.' Whether or not a company owns all the capitals that it uses or affects, their availability, quality and affordability can impact on the organisation's long term viability and its ability to create value over time, which is ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Indices. "Research shows that good corporate governance matters and the addition of the governance screen should improve the quality of the companies in the index from an ESG perspective." Northern Trust manages more than US$20 billion in socially screened ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... are the de facto raters for business progress on climate change and sustainability and this development will bring high quality data together for use in the DJSI." The CDP uses its questions to produce the annual Climate Disclosure and Climate Performance ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton Nicol Reid, a signatory of the UN Principles ...

Energy Choice joins Energy Smart Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... finance in an integrated fashion, and joining the program makes it easier for businesses to access Energy Choice's high quality solar panels and inverters, and EasySaver T5 replacement tubes for fluorescent lighting upgrades, said Lee Lake, Energy Choice ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Executive Officer Paul Druckman and is a statement of the common interests of both GRI and IICR in enhancing the reach, quality and consistency of global corporate reporting in order to deliver value to investors and other stakeholders. "Integrated Reporting ...