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Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... property fund manager had good data on their energy consumption (19 per cent), water consumption (16 per cent) and carbon emissions (14 per cent). On the upside, Dr. Nils Kok, professor at Maastricht University and principal author of the report, said ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... growing significance in the global economy is displayed in its defiance over being pressured at reducing its carbon emissions at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December last year. China has also continued to defy growing calls for it to ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... said in a statement that the merger will boost the firm's capability in institutional agricultural investment, carbon emissions planning and project private equity fund raising "The strong global demand for food and agricultural investments has seen ...

LGS wins green globe award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... needs and efficient lighting and water appliances. The Sustainable Portfolio Program has allowed LGS to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 10,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum. "We are committed to achieving solid returns for our members through investments ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
Super fund VicSuper continues to take the front step in addressing the global carbon emissions challenge when it awarded Vanguard an initial $150 million mandate to invest in stocks that generate the same returns as the market but with half the carbon ...

S&P launches carbon index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... has launched the S&P U.S. Carbon Efficient Index to measure the performance of large cap US companies with low carbon emissions. The index closely tracks the S&P 500 and is rebalanced every quarter whereby stocks in the S&P 500 are ranked by their carbon ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... are not committed and addressing the issues," said Patterson. Along the way Perennial started measuring its own carbon emissions and took steps to become carbon neutral, among other endeavours. Meanwhile Hyperion became a signatory of the UN PRI two ...

Energy fund bucks market slump

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... area." Baker said the CPRS is intended to shift pricing dynamics in favour of generational resources that reduce carbon emissions. In turn, BGI is aiming to capture the value of transitional beneficiaries such as Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Turbines and ...

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... billion in these sectors over 10 years. Locally, the Australian government remains committed to introducing a carbon emissions trading scheme by mid 2010, with an aim to reduce emissions by 15 per cent by 2020. Ian Simm, Impax chief executive, said environmental ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... investment returns, relatively young clean tech funds are showing signs of improved performance while reducing carbon emissions and energy and water use, and creating jobs, said the fund. CalPERS' partners conservation measures include the installation ...