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FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... elsewhere" and refers to best practice under the governance heading. Under the environment heading, the guide addresses climate change; environmental management system and compliance, efficiency (waste, water, energy) and other environmental issues such ...

Low Carbon Australia certify Melbourne print company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... with business operations or products. It is administered by Low Carbon Australia on behalf of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... working Australians into the future. For too long investors have been left hanging in limbo over regulatory action on climate change," said ACSI CEO Ann Byrne. "We know that climate change entails ramifications across the entire economy. What we now ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... managing relationships with our external providers, that is our research providers for voting, The Investor Group on Climate Change [IGCC] and the Carbon Disclosure Project [CDP] and Regnan our engagement service provider. Another key part of my role ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... we produce a lot of research into thematic investments like water, and we've obviously done this major report on climate change and asset allocation," Birgden said. "We also produce research on carbon. We also provide clients with assessment of the carbon ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... electricity sector for both investors and energy users, according to a study commissioned by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and Catholic Super. The research by economic modelling firm SKM/MMA compared the costs of meeting a -5% emissions ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... discusses the clout of the so-called Universal Owner - a large asset owner that not only owns ESG externalities such as climate change, pollution and research depletion, but can also manage their exposure to those externalities through active ownership ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... transition to a long term price on greenhouse gas emissions" while recognising the mining industry's role in developing climate change reduction strategies and ensure efficient use of natural resources. The ICMM's "long term objective" is the establishment ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... industry collaborative bodies. Guyatt was the primary researcher and project manager for Mercer's February report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that the impacts of climate change and lack of international ...

Ceres, Tellus Institute to design sustainability ratings standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... from the laggards," said Mindy Lubber, Ceres president in an announcement. "With global sustainability crises from climate change to water shortages, resource pressures and population growth more evident every day, it's time to build a ratings system ...