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KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... executives around the world, with 28% coming from Asia-Pacific companies. Chi Woo, KPMG director, sustainability, climate change and water "Increasingly, companies are understanding and are more familiar with the relevance of sustainability, that it ...

Pacific Hydro to trade carbon credits from Chilean hydro project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... river hydro asset in Chile. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change confirmed to Pacific Hydro that the 158MW La Confluencia run of river hydro project was registered to create and trade carbon ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Investment and co-founder of the Climate Advocacy Fund, which proposed the amendment. "This was the first time a climate change agenda item was voted on in Australia," Thier said. "It was supported by some significant superannuation funds and by some ...

Nominations open for GRI's Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Owners Disclosure Project and the Climate Institute; and Stella Whittaker, senior executive, sustainability and climate change, Manidis Roberts. The Stakeholder Council is the formal policy forum within the GRI. It is an active body for "debating and ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... business strategies that could have a sustainability impact or relevance to sustainability," said Chi Woo, director of climate change, sustainability and water at KPMG. (pictured at left) The integration of CSR policies and structures is growing. In ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... a material impact on investments in the medium term, according to the chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). To enhance the understanding of the IGCC's institutional asset owner base, this year for the first time the IGCC has ...

Mercer expands ESG consulting capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment. Mercer has announced Fuller's appointment in the wake of last month's launch of their report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation. The Mercer report estimates that institutional investors globally ...

Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... of the carbon pricing mechanism was negotiated by the government and the Green party members of the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee (MPCCC). Independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott "agreed that the proposal be released to enable consideration ...

Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
The impacts of climate change and lack of international policy coordination could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon ...

Carbon and Water Increasingly Important to Institutional Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... Project (CDP). A record number of institutional investors are supporting the CDP's requests for information on climate change and water management, with 531 institutions signing on with CDP's information request sent to more than 4,800 listed companies ...