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PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... on an annual basis. Australian Ethical Investment, HESTA, Plato Investment Management Limited, Catholic super, Local Government Super, UCA Funds Management, and VicSuper, are all Australian signatories to the pledge. PRI has also found that institutional ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... security in their contract." The companies that have pre-existing arrangements with employees or agreements through government programs, can be viewed separately from companies that do not." Should coal or gas assets become devalued to the extent that ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is lodging resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation activities, among other ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Queensland state government has allocated AU$3 million to develop a pilot social benefit bond program in its budget this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Queensland Treasury will be allocated AU$2 million over two years to ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional asset owners with diversified, long-term portfolios will be exposed to costs associated with the risks of climate change, and they have a "positive and unique role to play", according to a new discussion paper from Principles for Responsible ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... carbon pricing and CDP has published work about that, noting that carbon pricing is rational, but ultimately, it is for government to introduce carbon pricing," Levick said. "... Part of the reason for putting in the private sector and what the private ...

CEFC signs $50m asset financing agreement with Firstmac

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... for a wide range of commercial activities, including manufacturing, logistics, agribusiness, retail and all levels of government, as well as schools, hospitals and clubs," said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO." The benefits of the CEFC financing will flow through ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... also noted that the stakeholder engagement coalition also believes that there is a stronger likelihood of increased government regulation of the payday lending sector. "We're probably more hopeful than when we started that government is going to firm ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... was passed in Parliament this week. "The REC price also has a spot and a forward market," Summons said. "Since the government has basically pushed the new legislation dropping the RET this week, we had to come up with what we thought that RET price was ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The federal government has proposed legislation that will require boards of superannuation funds to be comprised of at least one third independent directors and an independent chair. Pauline Vamos, CEO, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...