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LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... portfolio." Last year, LGS implemented a negative screen on fossil fuels, and the superannuation fund has reduced the carbon intensity of their international share portfolio to 30% below its benchmark. During that time, the international shares portfolio ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Vote Your Pension campaign. "The resolution itself is a game changer - a capital return resolution put to a high-carbon intensity company," said Julian Poulter, AODP CEO, "If investors themselves have a deep carbonisation goal, engagement has to be seen ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... only 7% of asset owners in the index have calculated their carbon emissions, 1.4% of asset owners reduced their carbon intensity in the past year, and 2% of asset owners have an emissions intensity reduction target for next year. LGS's top rating was ...

AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... "... Given that Australian superannuation funds are all invested in the ASX, and they have extra exposure to carbon intensity, they need to mitigate more strongly. The implications for climate risk in Australia are more important than elsewhere in the ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... potential to impact a company's long-term risk, reputation or overall performance are viewed as significant - carbon intensity, controversial weapons and bribery and corruption "garner strong support", according to the survey, while exclusion criteria ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels. Westpac has disclosed how much of its lending to the mining sector is to fossil fuels as well as the carbon intensity of its infrastructure and utilities portfolio. ANZ has disclosed the emissions intensity of its power generation lending." ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... 2030 - will see the company aim to generate more water and energy than it uses. This year, the company reduced carbon intensity of its office and industrial properties by 17.68%, but saw energy use per square metre rise from 0.31 GJ/m2 to 0.39 GJ/m2 ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... information that we had collected and we offer," she said. "Because each of the fuel types have differing level of carbon intensity, it's very important to understand, given the reserve mix of each of the companies in a particular portfolio what the ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Exchange's fossil fuel intensity is lower than many international peers, both in terms of total carbon and in terms of carbon intensity. The S&P500 is the most carbon intense, with 215GtCO2 in carbon reserves and 24% of the 2-degree C goal. The ASX200 ...

AustralianSuper equities less carbon-intense than benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... to a carbon assessment of its total equities portfolios. AustralianSuper commissioned Trucost to undertake the carbon intensity assessment of the total equities portfolio as at 30 June 2013, an update of a similar analysis done in 2011, said Kelly Christodoulou ...