Search Results

Showing 911 - 920 of 1062 results for "building"

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... pricing biodiversity. All of these pose interesting opportunities for the forestry industry." For Investa, a leading office building owner and manager and residential and industrial real estate developer, managing energy, gas, water and carbon dioxide ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Only four ASX200 companies have set long-term carbon reduction targets, while most ASX200 companies focus on setting short-term targets for carbon emission reduction, according to the CDP Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2013. "There's ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... development managers, they're probably about 28-32, no kids, they might have a girlfriend or boyfriend. But when they're building communities, it's predominately for first time buyers and families and they have very different needs. The KPIs force them ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... risk management. The supply chain issues have sprung to the forefront of public concern in the wake of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, which killed over 1,100 people. Retailers have made some improvements - the AMP Capital paper notes ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... commitment to microfinance. That all goes to helping people have a healthy relationship with money." The second pillar - building prosperous communities - covers the banks' commercial business and investment activities, but will also communicate their ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Group. "Terry offers us a unique combination of long career as a superannuation fund CEO, an enviable track record in building ethical investment strategies and a background in the financial management of a Christian church. It's a wonderful fit with ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Arron Wood The City of Melbourne and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund are reaching out to advise non-residential commercial building owners of financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay Recently, the City of Melbourne hosted ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
State legislation requiring local municipal bodies to take climate change into account when considering property development proposals are leading to unexpected and unpredictable outcomes that expose companies and government authorities to legal risk ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Green bonds could potentially be issued to finance capital investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... impact measures in Australia," Greig said. "But there's a problem - social impact measures don't measure things like building social capital, community well-being, keeping assets in the community, regenerating collective endeavor. The metrics that are ...