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Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... manage it." Australian institutional investors ranked very well in the index, comprising six of the top 10 and dominating the Asia-Pacific region in their performance. The report noted that Australian funds have become "well versed" in disclosing during ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... take into account, according to panelists in a recent Sustainalytics webinar. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, CFSGAM The panelists identified three main investment risks to coal seam and shale gas extraction - fugitive emissions ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... http://www.treasury.gov.au/PublicationsAndMedia/Speeches/2012/Importance-of-productivity [2] http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/asia/australia_productivity_imperative [3] Cited by Julie Toth, Chief Economist Australian Industry Group, presentation ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Globally, the green building market has more growth potential in the Asia-Pacific and Europe than in North America, according to research from MSCI. In the latest MSCI ESG IVA Industry Report: Real Estate, MSCI benchmarks 70 of the largest real estate ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Oliver Yates will be the inaugural chief executive officer of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Yates, who began his job this week, will be responsible for day-to-day operations with the CEFC and will be responsible for the employment of ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) have asked ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... inherent question of sustainability to the entire white paper - the drivers of the Asian century are based on the growth in Asia's population and the explosion in the region's middle class, but that growth comes with the realities of resource constraints ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and human/social development, some of the sustainability challenge - social and environmental challenges - we are facing in Asia will affect institutional investor decisions," said Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change. ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance data on Asian companies. RepuTex ESG-Connect provides research on over 1,200 companies across Asia in markets including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. The platform ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental markets fund manager New Forests reported a successful capital raising of a fund focusing on plantation assets in the Asia Pacific Region and progress on UN PRI commitments in its second sustainability report. New Forests, a privately held ...