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ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... manage human rights risks in their supply chains, but lack clear strategies and processes to take action, according to new research from the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) and the Global ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... 2013, the Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (EAGA) and the Western Alliance for Greenhouse Action (WAGA) conducted research suggesting that if EUAs were expanded to encompass commercial properties across Victoria, the EUA financing vehicle could ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... refine that as we go forward." Tracking private sector finance was tricky, Woolcott said. Private sector finance and research and development are essential to the process post 2020, he noted. "Much of this finance post 20202 will have to come from the ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... regulation preparedness, "due to its opposition to carbon pricing and dismissal of the concept of stranded assets." "This research is a canary in the coal mine for investors," says James Magness, CDP head of investor research. "It shows that the world's ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... companies' climate change data and responses can be used as a mark of operational and management quality, according to research from BlackRock. Dr Joanna Nash, research analyst, BlackRock's global Scientific Active Equity team BlackRock Investment Institute ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Nicole's international and direct ESG investing experience will be a great asset for Cbus as we ramp up our own company research and direct engagement program," said Kristian Fok, executive manager - investment strategy. Bradford succeeds Louise Davidson ...

Mirvac marks strategic process in 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... security, Edwards added. The discussion of security and the value that is created by creating secure spaces is the subject of research that Mirvac is conducting with KPMG. KPMG is assessing the social return on investment in how good developments and ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions and financial performance, including through the use of innovative investor products such as CDP's sector research, launched this year, which directly links environmental impacts to the bottom line," CDP said in the report. "Some investors ...

Sustainability reporting improving, room to grow: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... externally assured, while 10% of those who have external assurance are assured to a reasonable level, WBCSD said. "Our research and ongoing exchanges with members indicate that corporate reporting is still not used to its full potential," said Peter ...

Business response to climate change "creative self-destruction"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... role of justification and compromise and managerial identify and emotional reactions to climate change. "We started the research by going out there and speaking with people in senior sustainability roles in corporations, and what struck us was that these ...