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Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... carbon trading scheme is Australian Ethical Investments. "There needs to be a system that takes into account the environmental costs of production," said Anne O'Donnell, chief operating officer of Australian Ethical Investments. "There is greater awareness ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

... (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues come to the fore. "Because we already have an SRI policy in place in terms of our equities, the board thought, perhaps ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... to meet these new criteria but we are convinced that their efforts will bring positive impacts, both economic and environmental." FTSE said during 2006 they consulted with more than 100 corporations, fund managers, non-government organisations and private ...

Solid stock picks in 2007: Ord Minnett

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
Ord Minnett has released its top stock picks for 2007, underlined by some key market and environmental factors. For the year ahead Ord Minnett sighted healthy corporate balance sheets, Australia's superannuation system, continued mergers and acquisitions ...

Aviva goes green with carbon outputs

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... Responsibility Report and public presentations and papers on sound sustainable practice. "Aviva Australia already invests in environmental programs," said Allan Griffiths, chief executive officer of Aviva Australia. "These include a partnership with ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... capita has more than quadrupled. The Chinese growth model has been characterized by open-ended investment spending, environmental degradation and an insatiable appetite for oil and other natural resources. However this is likely to be finessed somewhat ...

LGSS reaps $6m from SRI

... managers can't say that the SRI directive prevented them from meeting their benchmark. Al Gore's scare-your-pants-off environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth is five years too late compared to LGSS which implemented their SRI policy back in 2000. ...

ANZ gets into the sustainable investment game

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... sustainability leaders by not only managing the standard economic factors affecting their business, but also by integrating environmental and social factors into their business strategies." The investment is also 100 per cent principal protected and ...

Costello puts super and savings in the hands of kids

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... environmentally friendly things they first earn mutuals and then they can invest them and they invest them in housing and in environmental projects. And the whole idea is to learn how to save, to learn to invest. They are important life skills that they ...

Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... will look for investment stories in the areas of materials, electronics, IT, telecommunications, nanotechnology, environmental science, defence and clean energy in the Australian market. The Southern Cross Fund has already reached $100m in funds on the ...