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Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... name, written by Damien Lockie and with contributions from including Elisa de Wit, partner and national head of climate change at Norton Rose, Renee Gardner of EnergyAustralia, Jeff Lynn of Ashurst and Douglas Young of Young Law. The online subscription ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... as well." Mercer is proposing this line of advice and building on its own research, including their 2011 report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which predicted that institutional investors could be hit by economic ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... from 2415 organisations, including 52 members. More than 70% of respondents identified supply chain risks from climate change, most notably precipitation and temperature extremes, droughts, weather events such as hurricanes and typhoons and rising sea ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... reputational risks and corporate social responsibilities associated with their supply chains," said Adrian King, head of climate change and sustainability, KPMG Australia in a statement. "However, the right supply chain management strategy can also help ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... evaluate how pension assets can be impacted by the relationships between resources and the economy and the impacts of climate change. The report developed four models - business as usual, in which governments and financial markets have a low sensitivity ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority (CCA) has recommended that the government retain its renewable energy target (RET), which aims to source 20% of Australia's energy from renewable sources by 2020, a decision that has been welcomed as providing stability ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... CEFC board. Wilder is a partner with Baker and McKenzie and co-founded the firm's global environmental markets and climate change practice. He is also an adjunct professor of climate change law at the Australian National University. Swan also appointed ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. The merger comes at a time where there is a global ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... production and GDP) will grow, but at an ever-slowing pace - because of problems with resource depletion, pollution, climate change, and rising inequity. As a result, global production will peak much earlier and at a lower level than many expect."[3] ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to have an impact. A couple of Australian funds are the first in the world to make their full disclosures around climate change and that can only continue. These asset owners are all signatories to the [Carbon Disclosure Project] CDP, some are signatories ...