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Decarbonised mandates by 2030

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
The global investment landscape 20 years from now will be largely influenced by carbon emissions control - making long term mandates the key to better, stronger returns. Forecasting a low carbon economy by 2030, David Klug, senior asset consultant at ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

... national markets are developing, and link up through the global CER market." Laurent Segalen, global head of carbon emissions in London, said. International carbon analysis group, Point Carbon, recently estimated that the global carbon market would grow ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... sustainable investments can make money. How can you have confidence in a company that doesn't have policies to reduce carbon emissions? That doesn't make sense." Shorting shares in Gunns was part of the fund's SRI overlay. "We won't invest in Gunns because ...

SRI funds beat the index

... 24 billion of trades." "Australia's establishment of a trading regime in the next four to five years will make carbon emissions and linked environmental issues even more relevant to locally listed companies," he added. Michelle Baltazar

Governments lag on CSR

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... far more supportive of corporate social responsibility (CSR) than governments, especially regarding policies on carbon emissions. However, the report, which surveyed 750 private shareholders and approximately 50 journalists and opinion formers in an ...

Portfolio Partners offsets co2 with tree-planting program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... emissions by planting mallee eucalyptus trees in NSW and Victoria. Working to offset the estimated 680 tonnes in carbon emissions the company produces each year, managing director Craig Bingham said the partnership is "an important endorsement of our ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... of carbon permits." Permits are the currency of carbon trading, allowing companies to either sell their unused carbon emissions quota or buy any shortfalls. Industry will be given an allocation of permits based on their existing emissions under the states' ...

BT takes an environmentally friendly stance

... has joined the 2005 Carbon Disclosure Project, an environmentally driven global initiative designed to manage carbon emissions and climate change around the world. BT is the fifth Australian based institutional investor to sign up for the project and ...