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Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Climate change is expected to cause mass human displacement, but that displacement can be prevented and repaired if government policies are put in place to focus on ensuring affected people have access to land, according to a new book edited by climate ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... achieve deep cuts in emissions when energy efficiency investments are made. "If we're going to avoid catastrophic climate change we need to make deep cuts in our emissions from buildings; these new rules help investors identify green bonds that make ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... different methodologies in different places that can suit the traditional owners." The coalition government's major climate change policy initiative is the repeal of the current carbon pricing mechanism and the establishment of the DAP. The DAP's major ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... is focusing on - food security, urbanisation, rise of the developing world, obesity in the developed world and climate change - saying that those megatrends can impact on the sector's investment returns. "Each of these megatrends will shape agriculture ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... AMP Capital have deemed uninvestable. Only one manager had exposure to two of the excluded companies, Woods said. Climate change impacts are considered throughout the range, but the extent to which they cause under or overweighting of assets vary depending ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... of projects, among other areas. "The release of this study comes just weeks after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 5th Assessment Report found that the impact of mitigation policies will be negligible on global growth at around just 0.06 ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... of information and analysis, Regan said. This information matters to investors, said Matthew Bell, EY Australia climate change and sustainability services partner. EY recently published a report, Tomorrow's investment rules, which found that investors ...

ASX companies lag global peers in disclosing water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... really prone to floods and droughts and will increasingly be so over the long term, if the long term impacts of climate change materialise as projected," Farago said. "Companies are focused on the near-term. Now, you could say that the effects are with ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Foundation, has been appointed a public policy fellow at the University of Melbourne. Henry will undertake research into climate change policy and the role of public activism, specifically the last decade of environment policy making and public engagement ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and Mercer have produced a video training module featuring superannuation trustees and professionals acting in a trustee board meeting role-play that considers concrete steps for integrating climate change ...