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Technology to push sustainability reporting forward: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... require organisations to "align real-time decision-making processes with their communication on issues such as climate change and human rights," GRI said. This, in turn, will increase corporate accountability, as companies are seen as powerful institutions ...

LGS joins Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... US$100 billion in AUM across all asset classes by COP 21 in November. "Local Government Super has long considered climate change to be a significant risk for our members' long-term retirement savings," said Peter Lambert, CEO of LGS. "LGS joined the ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... an Australian focus." AODP supported the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility's campaign to introduce climate change resolutions at the AGMs of the big four banks in Australia last year, Poulter noted. One of the other aims of the Vote Your ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other international climate change-related groups have launched an online platform that tracks global investors' actions on climate change. The Investor Platform for Climate Actions will track activities ...

PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Investment (PRI) has hired Nathan Fabian as director of policy. Fabian is currently the CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), an institutional investment collaborative association focused on climate policy and investment. He will take up ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia and WWF-Australia are collaborating to push a set of global initiatives in Australia for corporate action on climate change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in December. The three groups will work to encourage companies to adopt one ...

LGS publicly discloses proxy voting intentions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... board diversity and independence, remuneration report recommendations, sustainability reporting disclosure and climate change. LGS has also engaged on ESG-related issues by filing shareholder proposals and board nominations. "By engaging in this way ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... last year. At the country level, Australia ranked second only to Norway in terms of assets owners responding to climate change risks. "It's a real mixed bag," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, the Australian agent of AODP. "There has been ...

Investor groups publish climate change investment guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and its three international counterparts have published a framework for institution investors can use to develop strategies and solutions for addressing their climate change risks. Climate Change Investment ...

AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... challenging pension fund trustees and managers around their fiduciary duties to protect investments from the risks of climate change. The Climate and Pensions Legal Initiative (CPLI) will see the two organisations work to examine the legal duties of ...