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Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Francisco as two examples of municipal institutions that have voted to divest from fossil fuel assets. The push for divestment is based on the push to stem climate change through the message of the financial risk of unburnable carbon. Unburnable carbon ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and the transition to a low carbon economy, Poulter said that superannuation fund are not doing enough in terms of divestment and rely on external managers to handle the risk that they will be invested in companies that will suffer impairments to assets ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... single-issue negative screening of listed equity portfolios around issues such as tobacco, "sin stocks", and targeted divestment from the Sudan. The report also found that while, generally, institutional investors are focusing on proxy-voting recommendations ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... renewable egnery is 100% the way to be." Fayers emphasised that Regnan do not provide advice on divestiture, but noted that divestment can limit the amount of engagement. "The problem with divestment is that you're no longer a voice," Fayers said. "You ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... 2010 GHG emissions intensity is 3.7 per cent lower than 2008, "... largely a result of the Ningxia aluminium smelter divestment in 2009. The impact of closure or reduced production at older aluminium smelters that had low GHG emitting power sources offset ...