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UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... month. The UN PRI is regarded as a blueprint for financial institutions wishing to incorporate 'sustainable' or environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into the way the operate. Australia has one of the highest UN PRI participation rates ...

New Aus Ethical CIO aids expansion strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... understanding of credit," he said. "In a further fit, [Halloran] has spent much of last year developing the traded environmental markets capacity at nabCapital and brings detailed understanding of these current issues." In addition, Halloran will assist ...

Aviva matches green rebates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... rebate and an extra $300 rebate from Aviva. He said the decision to install the grey water system was driven by environmental concerns and the additional $800 combined rebate. Allan Griffiths, Aviva Australia chief executive, said the rebate is designed ...

Australian Ethical HQ wins Banksia award

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... fund manager Australian Ethical Investment put its ESG theories to practice when it won the prestigious Banksia Environmental Foundation award for its new environmentally friendly headquarters. Australian Ethical Investment's new office, Trevor Pearcey ...

Insurers slow on green IT

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... global insurers found that over 25 per cent of life insurers and 20 per cent of non-life insurers do not consider environmental impact when making IT decisions. Conversely, only 13.3 per cent and 7.5 per cent of life and non-life insurers respectively ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... become one of the world's largest commodities market's. "The launch of this product underscores the importance of environmental markets businesses and providing clients with access to harder to reach markets," he said. In addition, Barclays Bank also ...

Man Investments to launch $1.5b alt energy fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... spokesperson. The partnership with MTM is inline with the Abu Dhabi government's strategy to invest and develop environmental projects worldwide. "Recognising the convergence of energy, resources and the environment has been a longstanding challenge ...

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly is steering one of Australia's largest banking and wealth management groups to a more sustainable future when she signed the United National Global Compact (UNGC) CEO Water Mandate. The mandate is an international ...

Equator Principles still relevant: CFS GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... commits signatories to not provide loans to borrowers that cannot or are unable to comply with certain social and environmental policies. The principles apply to all new project financing globally with total project capital costs of more than $10.3 million ...

CFA launches SRI guidelines

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... trillion in assets have signed the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI), which encourages environmental, social and governance issues in the investment process. The CFA guidelines encourage retail investors to define their personal ...