Search Results

Showing 1111 - 1120 of 1155 results for "transition"

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... like climate change on could impact pension assets and assessing how pension funds are responding to issues like the transition to a low-carbon global economy. In 2012, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) released a report concluding that superannuation ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper has developed a new benchmark index for its passive international fixed interest portfolio that integrates sovereign risk criteria evaluating countries for their willingness and ability to repay debt. Ronan Walsh, VicSuper The AU$9.8bn public ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... policy environment, is critical to support the allocation of investment capital to Australia's low carbon economic transition," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC chief executive. "By recommending maintenance of the 41,000 GWh large scale renewable target and ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... projects existing, so that too is a very great start for the CEFC." Broadbent said that not all of LCAL's programs would transition to the CEFC. "I think some of the programs won't scale up - there just hasn't been enough demand to work on these, but ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to invest to low-carbon outcomes, including hedging against the volatility that could occur as a result of a global transition to a low-carbon economy. The report cites estimates that climate change is costing an estimated US$1.6tr per year, expected ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... addressed. "... Ultimately, I think, with this issue, it is a genuine dilemma because gas has been touted as the clean transition fuel to a low-carbon economy and some of the issues particularly around fugitive emissions for unconventional gas seem to ...

ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... projects. "Through the application of our hydroelectric power policy, our aim is to work closely with our customers to transition towards best practice," the bank said. "We will support customers who are continuously improving infrastructure delivery ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
There has been a 12% drop in the number of listed Australian companies identifying a carbon price as a business risk, indicating their increasing comfort with the pricing regime, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 's Australia and New Zealand ...

Capturing the upside potential of Australia's carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... unwinding the legislation establishing the three-year fixed price period of $23-per-tonne of carbon emissions and the transition to a flexible market for carbon permits after 2015. The government has just issued a discussion paper of its biennial review ...

Ernst & Young: go beyond carbon price implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... "The upfront capital and timescale for project implementation and delivery should also be considered in light of the transition to a market based mechanism in 2015. However, internal abatement is a tangible option and there are various grant schemes ...