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AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... has benefited from a favourable regulatory environment, Seth said. "Since 2002, renewable grid capacity as a percentage of total capacity has increased by almost four times," he said. "India has over 21 gigawatts (GW) of grid connected renewable energy ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... research isn't there. Some of the research on emerging countries isn't that good." Currently, green bonds make up 5.1% of the total mandate, with Omega expected to increase the allocation as new issuance comes on line. Of that, 2.04% comes from the Asian ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... originates in Europe, with 17% from the US and Russia, Canada and China with 3% each. The UK alone had 23% of the global total. "The report does two things it identifies what a universe of climate themed bonds would look like," said Sean Kidney, chair ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... manager in Australia is experiencing net outflows; our dividends have remained relatively stable over the past four years; our total shareholder return (share price plus dividends) has been competitive relative to our peers." See Also: James Thier retires ...

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... annual greenhouse gas reductions of 718 tonnes. Low Carbon Australia helped us with finance for about 90 per cent of the total project cost," said Justin Goddard, Trident Corporation's managing director. "What we now have, is a building that has improved ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... (GRI) framework, according to a statistical analysis of the GRI Sustainability Disclosure database. Australia had 4% of the total number of reports registered with GRI's database in 2011, making it number eight on the top ten list. The United States ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... perspective, local factors such as poorer education systems can hamper the recruitment process. As such, companies such as Total Gabon, which "recently announced a partnership with the government of Gabon to create a petroleum technical skills school ...

Low Carbon Australia certifies water recycling plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... A Recycled Water Plant's operations, said Meg McDonald, Low Carbon Australia CEO. "The plant has been able to reduce its total carbon footprint by just under 75% through cogeneration. It has then purchased offsets approved under the Australian government's ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... stakeholder-specific information in a reliable and timely manner. In terms of employee materiality, Santos achieved a safety total recordable case frequency rate(TRCFR) of 3.3 against a target of less than 3.5, and reviewed its code of conduct and revised ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... for Municipal Personnel, which has more than JPY 8tr in assets under management, has set a target range of 7-17% of the total AUM for investment in domestic equities, and part of this allocation will be used for the ESG mandate. The National Federation ...