 Most real estate funds and companies are not yet actively managing their environmental impacts, according to a new report by Maastricht University’s European Centre for Corporate Engagement, commissioned by APG Asset Management, PGGM Investments and the UK’s Universities Superannuation Scheme. But Australian property firms GPT and Ethical Investor’s 2009 Sustainable Company of the Year, Stockland, stood out for their green policies and implementation, leading the new Environmental Real Estate Index.
Sustainable property is the topic of April’s edition of Ethical Investor magazine (EI#91), published 12 April 2010.
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 Australian Super has removed its ethical screen for its $270 million Australian Sustainable Share and Sustainable Balanced options, citing the need to meet its fiduciary duty to members and to smooth out volatile returns. The country’s largest super fund said it instead wants to ensure members continue to be provided with “sustainable investment options” that are both competitive and have the potential to provide strong long-term growth.
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 Ervin Graf founded Stockland in 1952 wanting to "not merely achieve growth and profits but to make a worthwhile contribution to thedevelopment of our cities and great country". Today the winner of the 2009 Australian Sustainability Awards, hosted by Ethical Investor, is putting its founder’s vision into action with a measured approach to environmental, social and governance issues across its operations.
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 Lonsec has observed a continued shift away from the traditional ethical approach to investing and toward a more focused ESG and sustainable investment approach. Of the seven funds included in the awards process, only one failed to beat its respective benchmark over three years to October 2009. (Photo: Steve Sweeney of Lonsec, the Fund of the Year's judge).
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A sharp focus on the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment process, effective management of its own social and environmental impacts and a high degree of engagement and collaboration with its peers all add up to a winning formula for HESTA (Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia).
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 For many investors an essential question regarding clean technology is which one will be commercialised and when? Dyesol (ASX: DYE) is an Australian company that is now jumping the hurdle of commercialisation, having developing third-generation solar technology that works. It is also a company that is punching above its weight in sustainable business practice.
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.jpg) Australia has been ranked fourth last in an assessment of the actions being taken by industrialised and emerging countries on climate change, according to a survey by the WWF. The survey came as the chief negotiator for China and the small African nations at Copenhagen accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of not matching government action with rhetoric.
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Westpac’s (ASX: WBC) community consultation is a “public sham”, unions said, walking out of the Westpac Community Consultative Council (WCCC) after the bank raised its base rates by higher than the Reserve Bank fo Australia’s hike.
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Taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into consideration pays off over one- and seven-year time horizons, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) said in its 9th annual benchmark report published today. The report also found that core responsible investment in the 2009 financial year fell 11 per cent from a year earlier.
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