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Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... challenges of this new role." See Also: ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The corporate world is on a path of "creative self-destruction" when it comes to the business response to climate change, according to a new book. Professor Chris Wright, University of Sydney Business School In Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations ...

Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... do not adequately disclose material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader Tomorrow's Investment Rules 2.0 is EY's second annual survey of more than 200 global institutional ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the commitments. The We Mean Business Coalition is expected to be recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on its NAZCA web portal, and will be tabled at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), starting on 30 November. "In ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... VicSuper identifies 13 material issues, including retirement adequacy, consistent investment returns, the impact of climate change on investments, integrating environment, social land governance factors into investment, member engagement, product innovation ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia. He updated institutional investors and other climate finance professionals attending the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Summit in Melbourne this week. The rise in external certification of labelled climate bonds and green bonds comes ...

Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... own history in ESG related issues and is a previous member of the management committee of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). See Also: AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
China has grown into being a leader on climate change through a combination of domestic pressures and moral concerns, said Professor Qi Ye, director of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy. Prof Qi Ye, director of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... different- strategic holdings in companies, the venture capital piece, the agriculture, the way we think about climate change. All these sorts of things could lead to differences. There's one other thing we haven't talked about regarding this area. We've ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... market as a result of this partnership, and is led by increasing investor interest among Australian investors about climate change impacts on their portfolios. "The conversation about climate change exposure was initially about reputation management ...