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Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... including enterprise bargaining as well as more informal worker/employer collaborations, can be used to address climate change. Professor Ray Markey, director of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University A wide range of employee engagement ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... CDP-led We Mean Business Coalition. AGL will adopt responsible corporate engagement on climate policy, will report climate change engagement on climate policy, and align with the UN Global Compact's Business Leadership Criteria on Carbon Pricing as part ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... position that with the new CEO, they're moving in a direction that is much more sensitive towards taking into account climate change, and that's obviously what we want. We want it a lot quicker than 2050 and a lot more committed, tangible way, so that ...

Cities increasing uptake of renewable energy: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... like," he said. "We had responses around global competitiveness, livability, connectivity, access to open space, and climate change came through really clearly. The city was surprised as how important climate change was, and that the community felt that ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... points to potential exposures of trustees who do not effectively consider changing risk and return impacts such as climate change, according to lawyers at MinterEllison. Maged Girgis, partner, MinterEllison Members of the Arch Coal Inc Employee Thrift ...

EY appoints new climate change and sustainability leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Matthew Bell has been appointed the new EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader Bell is a partner at EY and has more than 10 years' experience advising on climate change ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... investments and investment strategies. Evaluating the risks of ESG risks such as violations of human rights conventions, climate change and implementing decisions based on those risks is consistent with the statutory covenants imposed on trustees and ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... superannuation and financial services and how things tick, and they have the information about their particular issues like climate change and the impacts of divestment." See Also: Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA Ethical Advisers' ...

Teachers Mutual Bank cash product certified ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... of Teachers Mutual Bank. "With a shift in consumer sentiment leading to more Australians calling for action on climate change, there has been an increase in demand for ethical investment options." The RIAA certification aligns with Teachers Mutual Bank's ...

NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... reporting modules from 2014, and signatories that do not use the framework will be delisted. See Also: PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate