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CEFC lends $32m for construction of green student accommodation project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... efficiency compared with business as usual. This improvement will deliver a significant reduction in the building's carbon intensity, as well as lower ongoing energy costs." The Waymouth Street project is in Adelaide's CBD, within walking distance of ...

Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... teams," Rowe said. "Markets are not pricing climate risk in appropriately, so we've already acted to reduce the carbon intensity of our portfolios to protect our members' retirement savings." The position is seeking an "enthusiastic, qualified climate ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... responsible investment, at this level some of the portfolio footprinting approaches don't work. Secondly, the way that carbon intensity is calculated, if you don't break it down by sector, you get fairly meaningless figures. By breaking the footprinting ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches Carbon Report product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank's Asset Servicing division will offer a Carbon Report product to allow custody clients to assess the carbon intensity of their investments. Catalina Secreteanu, head of Australia, Sustainalytics NAB Asset Servicing has partnered with Sustainalytics ...

Investors discuss investing in two degree world at RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... zero emissions by 2050, Palmer said. The fund manager is engaging in measurement of its carbon emissions and carbon intensity currently, out of a belief that it creates "external and internal accountability," he said. He noted that Trucost analysed the ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... environmental risk associated there - 10 years from now, if they put on a carbon tax, companies with a significant carbon intensity exposure might be a disadvantage." The results of their internal research and client interest have led Northern Trust ...

VicSuper establishes Climate Change Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... to do this properly." VicSuper is a signatory of the UN backed Montreal Pledge, and has published data on the carbon intensity of their equities portfolio on their website. The information is also included on member benefit statements to improve access ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... of South Pole Group. Simon Sheikh, managing director, Future Super Future Super has calculated its portfolio's carbon intensity and purchased offset credits with South Pole Group. "There's a business case for being fossil fuel free, and a case about ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... for alpha opportunities or "to reflect social values in portfolios." In one example, the report analyses the carbon intensity of an insurer's corporate debt portfolio, and points to research that ties improving carbon efficiency to equity outperformance ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... disclosing the carbon footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis. "We've been reporting on the carbon intensity of the portfolio for some time, so when the Montreal Pledge came up, it was a good opportunity for us to formalise what we're ...