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CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... report exposure to similar risks. "Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, and the water impacts of climate change are likely to be more severe than other countries," said James Day, CDP's director - Australia and New Zealand. "Australian ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... The company's Climate Advocacy Fund, an indexed fund explicitly designed to permit increased engagement around climate change issues, will continue its work. "We have no plans to stop advocacy," Smith said. "However, we're definitely taking a bigger ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... April 2013. The Carbon Disclosure Project welcomed the news, and recommended that the British government adopt a climate change reporting framework developed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), a project of CDP. CDSB has been developing ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... implement certain national obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... financial sustainability and environmental, social and governance factors. The Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence found that there is USD$174bn worth of climate-themed bonds outstanding today, covering sectors including ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and two other global investor groups are calling on companies to minimise methane emissions from gas and oil production through hydraulic fracturing. IGCC, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... For example, we're a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure Project. We also are a member of the Investor Group on Climate Change and I sit on the executive of that. We try and wave the flag in the way we talk about this with companies. ESG is part and parcel ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Management. Locally, other groups are looking into the issue as well. Nathan Fabian, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change, said that while the issue of "comply or explain" is of interest, there are limitations to the proposal and that IGCC does ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... using MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings. On the environmental side, they're looking at things like biodiversity, land use, climate change and vulnerability to climate change, air pollution, energy security, water security, waste management, to name a few issues. ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... to fully integrate waste management, reƂsource efficiency and water issues, yet issues such as biodiversity and climate change are not equally considered." Advancing corporate sustainability will get an airing at this month's UN Conference on Sustainable ...