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QIC receives $200m green loan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... Fattouh added that the fund is commencing work with the CEFC to understand potential pathways to achieving net zero carbon emissions across its portfolio, building on QIC Global Real Estate's recently announced target of generating 30 per cent of all ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... said that if these high emitters are omitted from such strategies, overall dividend yields remain high while carbon emissions are roughly halved, indicating little real correlation between carbon and income. The report reads: "Perhaps surprisingly, removing ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... hanging its future on a low-carbon strategy, shifting 40% of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund announced the $14 billion ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... sector as being more energy efficient and continually lowering emissions. Property accounts for about 25% of carbon emissions, confirming there is a pressing need for action in this area, according to CEFC property sector lead Chris Wade. The report ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... immediacy of global warming. Until a model is developed to estimate such risk more reliably, we prefer to focus on carbon emissions-it is these that are raising temperatures, creating air pollution, and damaging fragile ecosystems today." Instead, Wong ...

CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... deliver positive returns for investors at the same time as contributing to a reduction in Australia's overall carbon emissions." The bond is the first direct issuance by CBA of a certified climate bond, and the third climate or green bond CBA has issued. ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... generate enough energy to power about 100,000 homes in NSW and the ACT, while offsetting more than 600,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. CBA's director of infrastructure, Neil Fraser said: "We are proud to be a financing partner to Sapphire Wind ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... infrastructure. The strategy includes a commitment to reduce the fund's exposure to both fossil fuel reserves and carbon emissions. This will be achieved through ongoing engagement with companies, building carbon measures into the investment model, and ...

NAS launches ESG reporting service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... assess and compare ESG exposures between different portfolios and benchmarks. The service can be used to monitor carbon emissions, as well as other metrics including bribery events, board independency, board diversity, and greenhouse gas reduction targets. ...

Sustainable office trust attracts major new investor

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... buildings, giving them a new lease on life through improvements that increase their sustainability and reduce their carbon emissions. CEFC Corporate and Project Finance Director, Rory Lonergan, said the CEFC's commitment to HISOT reflected the CEFC's ...