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CDP to broaden, enhance cities program with Bloomberg grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... reductions," according to CDP. The grant will also help build the capacity of the CDP's Cities platform in three ways, by building analytical tools to help cities use the data reported to CDP to drive "consistent annual emissions reductions," ease the ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... US$18 trillion in assets under management. Waring was hired by ICGN in 2008 as chief operating officer, responsible for building the business after rapid membership growth. She was promoted to acting head in 2011, after the departure of Carl Rosen in ...

Expanded EUAs could generate $4.5bn investment in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... economic benefits would arise from retrofitting commercial, industrial and light industrial properties in Victoria's building stock using EUA financing. "I was surprised by the size of the opportunities," said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... pricing biodiversity. All of these pose interesting opportunities for the forestry industry." For Investa, a leading office building owner and manager and residential and industrial real estate developer, managing energy, gas, water and carbon dioxide ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Only four ASX200 companies have set long-term carbon reduction targets, while most ASX200 companies focus on setting short-term targets for carbon emission reduction, according to the CDP Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2013. "There's ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... development managers, they're probably about 28-32, no kids, they might have a girlfriend or boyfriend. But when they're building communities, it's predominately for first time buyers and families and they have very different needs. The KPIs force them ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... risk management. The supply chain issues have sprung to the forefront of public concern in the wake of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, which killed over 1,100 people. Retailers have made some improvements - the AMP Capital paper notes ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... commitment to microfinance. That all goes to helping people have a healthy relationship with money." The second pillar - building prosperous communities - covers the banks' commercial business and investment activities, but will also communicate their ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Group. "Terry offers us a unique combination of long career as a superannuation fund CEO, an enviable track record in building ethical investment strategies and a background in the financial management of a Christian church. It's a wonderful fit with ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Arron Wood The City of Melbourne and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund are reaching out to advise non-residential commercial building owners of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay Recently, the City of Melbourne hosted ...