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ICMM members commit to adopt GRI G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... support continuous performance improvement." ICMM has been a supporter of GRI reporting since 2003. In Ma7 2003, the ICMM's CEO-led council committed members to implementing and measuring performance against sustainable development principles, and in ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has appointed former UniSuper CEO Terry McCredden as a non-executive director. McCredden retired in July from UniSuper and has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry and was awarded Fund Executive of the ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... taking climate change seriously and global pressures to reduce fossil fuel use will only grow stronger," said Jack Ehnes, CEO of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation's second largest public pension fund with $172 billion ...

ARENA announces launch of wave-to-electricity unit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... investment aims to demonstrate the technology and share lessons learnt to catalyse future projects," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "The project has improved collaboration between the research, government and industry sectors to deliver wave energy ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... could potentially be issued to finance capital investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries will need to ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... worked for 27 years with the Royal Dutch Shell Group and was chair of the Australian Coal Association from 1987 to 1988) and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) from 1997-2001. He is a fellow of AICD, the Australian Institute ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... industries and businesses are vulnerable to economic disruption if we don't take care of our natural assets," said VicSuper CEO Michael Dundon. Luckily it's not a choice we have to make because good environmental management will produce economic rewards ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the former chairman of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). She is CEO of Gore Creek Capital, and a former senior investment officer, global equity at the California Public Employees' Retirement ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... appointment Local Government Super (LGS) has invested in a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) green bond. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS was the only Australian superannuation fund to invest in the US$250 million EBRD green bond, which ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... "With few exceptions, carbon dioxide is now widely recognised to have a negative impact on the climate," said Mats Andersson, CEO at AP4, in a statement. "We believe that greenhouse gas emissions are associated with higher costs in the long term and ...