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GHG efficiency projects increase cities' finances and health

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... that climate change presented new business opportunities for them," Riffle said. "In terms of research, there are a few different areas to look into around that. There is the idea that taking action, for instance, building infrastructure, and green space ...

Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... happening already and there will be more lending as banks work with NFPs educating around debt capacity relative to different earning and reporting models." This is NSW's second SBB. Earlier in June, Social Ventures Australia launched an AU$7 million ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Reynolds said that the process of developing the new framework had to take into account the fact that signatories are at different stages of responsible investment and thus setting the standards required a wide variety of consultation. "It's hard to ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... said Adam Kirk, Australian Ethical general manager - business development. "We have found connections with a range of different companies that we deal with that have strong values around ethics through their production and business, and that aligns really ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Responsible (SRI) Indices, the Barclays MSCI Sustainability Indices, and the Barclays MSCI ESG Weighted Indices - cater to different ESG investment objectives. "The goal of the whole Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Indices project was to create a standard ...

Natural Capital Declaration starts implementation phase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Natural Capital Declaration is seeking to enhance the understanding of financially-material natural capital risks for different asset classes, while at the same time actively promoting the development of financial products that incorporate natural capital ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... "The value of integrated reporting is that it gives a desegregated view of business," Fox said. "You bring together different business units and they can discuss how they are operating, and then you start to be able to unpack material business risks ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the returns and so satisfy our fiduciary obligations nice and easily," he said. "But perhaps the question should be different. Will it one day be necessary to think that way in order to deliver the long term sustainable returns that we've talked about ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... vehicle is structured to meet differing strategies, local accounting standards and methods. The Green Bank is quite different from the CEFC in that the Green Bank in the UK is trying to set their organisation up to be a private institution, progressively ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... legal mechanisms for addressing many of the issues are the same as for conventional gas agreements, the risk profile is different. By and large in unconventional gas agreements, the buyer has the same contractual protections, but given the different ...