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Pollinate Energy merges with US-based Empower Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... and solar fans, addresses climate change and human rights issues around poverty, enabling the organisation to directly impact a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) goals. Products are distributed through a unique network ...

Regnan research finds correlation between company performance, conduct culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... legally or in terms of compliance, but also having the conduct that say, 'if we don't behave in the right way, this is our impact on customers, this is our impact on the community. Therefore we have to avoid this behaviour,'" Vamos said. "If it's part ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Darroch also noted that SSGA engages with portfolio companies on issues including climate change and gender equality that impact on long-term value creation. "I think that if you have a look at the asset stewardship, the exposure to carbon is not the ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... would upset a company. For example, situational liabilities that aren't on the balance sheet, but could have a landmine impact. They could be acquisitive and happy to take on debt to fund activity, which is a potential landmine." Insight Investment uses ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... double its total global surface area, with the addition of over 230 billion square metres (sqm). This will have a large impact on the volume and costs associated with both consumables and greenhouse gas emissions. An abundance of organisations are now ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... internal carbon price, "which is a significant risk in a sector where carbon pricing legislation could have a material impact." Further, "cement companies are not incentivizing long-term climate risk management through executive level remuneration, with ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... pay was highest, are not the strongest performers." These reports on executive pay and performance did not examine the impact of share repurchases, but Marshall has compared the data from the current study on share buybacks and executive remuneration ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Development Goals (SDGs), Atkin said. "We're trying to understand the current footprint of ourselves as an investor and what impact we are having on specific SDGs," he said. "Our aspiration is that over time, the marketplace but also we, ourselves, in ...

Diversity Council Australia discusses myths around workplace flexibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Flexible work and careers are about more than just giving time to mothers with young children, and Diversity Council Australia (DCA) is challenging the myths and misconceptions about workplace flexibility in a new piece of research. Lisa Annese, CEO ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... comes to Mercer from KPMG, where he spent three years working as a senior consultant in KPMG's human rights and social impact team, KPMG Banarra. At KPMG, Stamp worked with clients across FMCG, real estate, natural resources, financial services and government ...