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City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Central Park. "In terms of this opportunity, it varied from our other, Melbourne EUAs as they were retrofits of an existing building," said Robert Wyllie, treasury manager, Eureka Funds Management. "This is for the construction of a trigeneration plant ...

City of Melbourne certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Environment Portfolio Chair Councillor Arron Wood. "We built Australia's first six-star green star new office design building - CH2 - which is now leading the way in environmentally sustainable design. But our commitment to sustainability doesn't end ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... social enterprise. It's not so much the decision-making processes that affect our relationship with the rest of this building and other investors - it's more the degree of contact and consultation. In many respects, we're a commercial enterprise - we ...

bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) and bankmecu have announced that the customer-owned bank will become a provider of finance for environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). graphic courtesy SMF bankmecu said that it would consider lending on terms as far ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Philanthropy Australia (PA) has begun a program to educate members about impact investment, with a focus on building knowledge and awareness in its first year. Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... identified sustainable earnings to enhance returns. We certainly support those characteristics within a business. It's about building up trust in the business as well.... Obviously, there is a big focus on governance among institutional investors. Superannuation ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation liabilities. It is also responsible for the management of several other government funds known as the Nation-building Funds - the AU$4.07 billion Education Investment Fund, the AU$5.26 billion Building Australia Fund and the AU$3.24 billion ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... of responsible investment in the UK. "Our Global Responsible Investment Strategy has three strands," he said. "One is building on what we've done to date, improving the quality of the investment process, [a] better sense of the impact of ESG factors ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... robust data before this exercise can be meaningfully undertaken." Looking to the year ahead, respondents told ACCSR that "building internal understanding and support for our CSR/sustainability approach" was the highest priority, with 65% of respondents ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... needs. "We are very pleased to join the GABV," said Elizabeth Nava, Banco Fie CEO. "We want to share our experience of building a successful bank in Bolivia, and learn from the diverse banks that share our passion for a more inclusive financial sector ...