Search Results

Showing 1321 - 1330 of 1682 results for "Impact 20/80"

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Legal and investment experts have been advising superannuation fund trustees that they have an obligation to include evaluation of climate change risk in their overall governance and investment processes. But there may be new urgency to the calls, influenced ...

CDSB launches expanded reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has launched its expanded reporting framework. The framework goes beyond the previous guidelines, which focused on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Climate change will have an inevitable impact on investment returns, and investors need to factor it into their risk modelling as they would other factors, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
ANZ is partnering with the Australian Water Association (AWA) on water and wastewater management programs in South-East Asia. Christina Tonkin, ANZ managing director of global loans and advisory. The partnership will see AWA focus on "knowledge sharing ...

Expert panel discusses CSR practices in action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Innovation in corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices can lead to outcomes including retention of staff, creation of new value for shareholders, mitigation of risks, and more efficient allocation of capital, according a panel of experts speaking ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Non-profits should reconsider the role of cash investments in their endowment portfolios and align their investment strategy with the mission of the non-profit, according to Koda Capital. David Knowles, partner, head of philanthropy and social capital ...

Materiality reviews a source of strategic value: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Companies that are performing materiality reviews should work to connect environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to core business strategy, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The federal government has allocated AU$33.3 million over the next five years to expand the No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) and StepUP low interest loans offered by Good Shepherd Microfinance. Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance Good Shepherd ...

GRESB launches real estate debt survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has expanded its scope by launching the GRESB Debt Survey. The 2015 GRESB Debt Survey will collect data on real estate debt investments, building on GRESB's work surveying real estate equity vehicles. ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
As listed companies prepare to make annual reports based on the third edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, the application of two parts, relating to risk management and the disclosure ...