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The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... US$2.5tr in 2008. Universal Owners can manage ESG externalities in three ways - active ownership, seeking to influence public policy and using an investment strategy influenced by ESG considerations. In all areas, influence is further magnified if Universal ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... resources. The ICMM's "long term objective" is the establishment of an integrated and globally effective carbon regime. Its policy recommendations would lead to that outcome by achieving a measured transition to a low-carbon economy without detrimentally ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... there is no demonstrated need for it." See also: CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance "Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that the impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (IIGCC), and the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR). "The most important finding is that policy setting matter to investors, and we think this is borne out by the differences in investment practice and thematic investment ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... asked the Productivity Commission to provide advice on the effective carbon prices that result from countries' various policy and regulatory moves. The data is to be used to make the government's case for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... important because it gives the accountability and transparency that we're looking for in this area," said Mark Shying, senior policy adviser in external reporting at CPA Australia. "The beauty of the water accounting standards is that they're being developed ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... templates are provided by professional advisors such as law firms. This boilerplate discussion, often used for remuneration policy or how fixed pay levels are set, is of minimal use to shareholders and simply adds to the length of reports without providing ...

ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... portfolios, it does use ANZ as its banker, and as such, reviews their sustainability disclosures as part of their supply policy, Walsh said. "We look at them in terms of our ethical supply policy," he said. "What we ask of our suppliers is that their ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... significant growth in the medium term, but whether they invest their money in Australian projects is highly dependent on policy implementation, particularly around the creation of price on carbon emissions and a trading scheme. "Pacific Hydro is on track ...