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ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... developed, the UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) said. "The message from financial heavyweights is clear - climate change poses a real and serious threat to our economy," said Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment. "At the same time, there are ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
ASX200 companies' sustainability disclosures are improving, but fewer than half of the ASX200 have a climate change policy or emissions reduction target, according to new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... about the TCFD and its implementation. Other organisations also welcomed the final recommendations. "Investors see climate change as a material financial risk and are calling on business to disclose their 2C strategy. Boards need a plan for managing ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... the legal and regulatory view is that company directors have a fiduciary obligation to consider the impacts of climate change in line with directors duties under the Corporations Act. There is no one way for companies to disclose those risks and opportunities ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Conscious investment option, which invests in companies based on a custom index tailored to take into account action on climate change and on social issues like human rights and labour rights. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper corporate responsibility manager ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund, Victorian government to spread word on EUAs to SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... particularly when we finance at fixed income rates over a long period for payback." Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D'Ambrosio, launched the new agreement on-site at manufacturer Class Plastics. Cass Plastics recently agreed ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... States to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "The Paris Agreement is key to providing the long term policy signals that investors need to best tackle climate ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Forests' investments, is articulating the case for how investment opportunities in the forest sector can help mitigate climate change. New Forests has AU$3.6 billion in investments. Investments and operations include more than 843,000 hectares of plantation ...

ACSI names Ian Silk as new president, Antony Thow as deputy president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... requires strong returns over decades, not just years, putting ESG issues - including strong corporate governance, climate change, other environmental issues, health and safety, and labour rights in the supply chain - as key determinants of the future ...

Demystifying ESG from Investor and Investee Perspectives: Michael Orzano

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... The panel included: Yolanda Beattie, Diversity and Inclusion Practice Leader, Mercer Terence Jeyaretnam, Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services Ernst & Young Martina Macpherson, Global Head of ESG Indices, Product Management, S&P Dow Jones ...