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Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... industry body 41 profit-for-member superannuation funds with a collective AU$300bn in assets under management said the policy means investors have certainty on the requirements to be imposed on Australian companies. "This certainty will assist superannuation ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... through projects like the CDP and so forth. Q: Do you appoint manages based on ESG characteristics? RM: As set out in the ESG policy, we will take ESG into account when we appoint a new fund manager or undertake a new direct investment. It is something ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... between the company's performance and the remuneration of its executives. The four areas of ASICS focus are the board's policy on the nature and amount of remuneration of the key management personnel, the non-financial performance conditions in short-term ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... for managing the risk. Usually we start with working with the board and we provide board education and then we work on policy with the fund, developing their policy so it becomes a more sophisticated instrument of implementation, rather than broad, bland ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... US$2.5tr in 2008. Universal Owners can manage ESG externalities in three ways - active ownership, seeking to influence public policy and using an investment strategy influenced by ESG considerations. In all areas, influence is further magnified if Universal ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... resources. The ICMM's "long term objective" is the establishment of an integrated and globally effective carbon regime. Its policy recommendations would lead to that outcome by achieving a measured transition to a low-carbon economy without detrimentally ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... there is no demonstrated need for it." See also: CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance "Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that the impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IIGCC), and the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR). "The most important finding is that policy setting matter to investors, and we think this is borne out by the differences in investment practice and thematic investment ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... asked the Productivity Commission to provide advice on the effective carbon prices that result from countries' various policy and regulatory moves. The data is to be used to make the government's case for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

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The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

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Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

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Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

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The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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