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Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Note: updated with comment from John Connor, The Climate Institute. Universities in Australia and around the world are doing little to mitigate exposure to climate change's financial risk, or failing to state their mitigation strategies at all, according ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... I've got a materiality section, what do I need to think about, what questions do I need to think about to confer with my board, that meet the requirements. That's probably what organisations are considering at the moment, or have been considering." The ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Kings College London, an adjunct senior lecturer at University of Tasmania and sits on the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board. He has also previously served in the Australian armed forces and worked for the International Red Cross and the United ...

LGS appoint two to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Capital, a global equities funds manager. He was previously head of BT Investment Management's multi-strategies team. "The LGS Board has committed to ensuring that it has sufficient skills to meet the challenges of an ever complex and growing industry," ...

The Global Impact Investment Network Appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... taking the GIIN to higher levels of leadership and influence in the coming years," said Antony Bugg-Levine, chair of the GIIN board of directors. "In addition to concrete and creative ideas for strengthening the industry, Amit has a clear understanding ...

GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... (GRESB) has appointed representatives from Norges Bank Investment Management and NAREIT as non-executive directors to its board. Mie Holstad, Chief Administrative Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management, and Steven Wechsler, CEO and President of ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... invest in. That makes a political impact as well, as the trustees of the Australian National University or the staff or board of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) can attest to. It ultimately means that superannuation funds use tools to shape ...

PRI announces new Advisory Council members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... announced that Mark Chaloner, assistant director (investments), West Midlands Pension Fund and Priya Maithur, vice president, Board of Administration, CalPERS, have automatically qualified for the two asset owner positions. Their automatic confirmation ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... assumptions. There is an opportunity for companies to articulate it better in ways that will resonate more clearly with the board and the executive team." Recent regulatory guidance are moving company disclosures to a more expansive, strategic consideration ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... of activities, education and research to accelerate the development of the impact investing industry. See Also: Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing