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How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, including tailings disposal, rehabilitation of land, carbon emissions and respect for indigenous rights. "BHP Billiton and Rio are leaders in the mining space. Compared to their peers, they've ...

Environmental trends a boost for Impax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... the resource optimization sector but also in the returns on offer, especially as major economies move to reduce carbon emissions and recycle more. "The universe of stocks has increased by around 10 times in the last 13 years and the number and size of ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... have driven metals and energy demand. The second was a wave of internal reforms including the move towards lower carbon emissions that would cruel demand for Australian thermal coal. The third was the current "cyclical" downturn that was likely to continue." ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... executive director. "For instance, a low carbon version of the portfolio can be engineered to deliver 50% of the carbon emissions of an equivalently sized portfolio invested in the S&P/ASX200 Index." "Listed companies face potential cost impositions ...

Local Government Super adopts ESG risk tools

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... and social concerns," said Peter Lambert, chief executive of LGS. Lambert said the implementation of the new Carbon Emissions and ESG reporting capability will allow the super fund to lead the industry in this area. MSCI ESG Research said it will also ...

ASX carbon tax ready and willing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... industry thanks to its positioning on carbon derivatives. Bird predicts that putting aside government compensation, carbon emissions will become much like other commodity inputs or costs of doing business. "Leading up to and after the variable price ...

Carbon tax ready companies to produce profits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... adviser, Ethical Investment Services. "Advisers who do not invest research into environmental issues such as carbon emissions may end up with under performing portfolios. "Companies that are aware of carbon and other environmental issues or have current ...

Westpac offers carbon trade platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... Carbon Trade Exchange. The platform is being pushed as a viable option for companies that want to offset any carbon emissions they create, reducing their carbon footprint. "With a banking solution; organisations of all sizes can now buy internationally ...

Aus Ethical and TCI score win in climate advocacy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Two major resources companies have backed down from their refusals to provide disclosure around carbon emissions. The companies have agreed to provide greater disclosure around carbon emissions, after pressure from the Climate Institute, Australian ...

Heat rises on emissions disclosure

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... shareholder institutions were denied the chance to vote on a proposal that would force the companies to disclose carbon emissions. Last week, the boards of Paladin Energy and Aquila Resources both rejected proposals requesting disclosure of their carbon ...