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Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Businesses around the world are addressing climate change as a strategic long-term risk despite the lack of political consensus. Andrew Hoffman, professsor of sustainable enterprise, University of Michigan Impacted by extreme weather events and guided ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... specialist that co-publishes the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, will now use the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) climate change questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will align seven of its climate ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... discussed the changes necessary to reduce investment leakage and prepare funds for the impacts of externalities such as climate change. "The presentation built on a discussion we had last year - what would happen to $100 invested by a pension fund member ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... most important issues of our time." The multi-disciplinary Monash Sustainability Institute develops solutions to climate change and sustainability challenges through research, education and action. MSI runs programs on the ground in countries throughout ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... helping us to serve our members better and carry out important projects around disclosure, regulatory reform and climate change engagement," Boakes Tracy said. See Also: US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... name, written by Damien Lockie and with contributions from including Elisa de Wit, partner and national head of climate change at Norton Rose, Renee Gardner of EnergyAustralia, Jeff Lynn of Ashurst and Douglas Young of Young Law. The online subscription ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... as well." Mercer is proposing this line of advice and building on its own research, including their 2011 report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which predicted that institutional investors could be hit by economic ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... from 2415 organisations, including 52 members. More than 70% of respondents identified supply chain risks from climate change, most notably precipitation and temperature extremes, droughts, weather events such as hurricanes and typhoons and rising sea ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... reputational risks and corporate social responsibilities associated with their supply chains," said Adrian King, head of climate change and sustainability, KPMG Australia in a statement. "However, the right supply chain management strategy can also help ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... evaluate how pension assets can be impacted by the relationships between resources and the economy and the impacts of climate change. The report developed four models - business as usual, in which governments and financial markets have a low sensitivity ...