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Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... million for the first time, comprising 50% direct contributions by the company and half by customers and staff, and in environmental performance Wesfarmers has also implemented a shadow carbon price and reduced emissions intensity by 37% over 5 years. ...

CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... lighting with energy efficient LED bulbs; AU$10 million will go to the Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) to fund more environmental upgrade agreements, AU$800,000 will be allocated to complete the installation of 300kw of rooftop solar panels on Council ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... listed up front. When you look at our list of material issues, they're not just financial - they're more social and environmental." In the report, VicSuper identifies 13 material issues, including retirement adequacy, consistent investment returns, the ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
The Climate Bonds Initiative will release the updated Climate Bonds Standards v2.0 later this month. The updated standards will make independent reviews of green bonds simpler and are currently out for public consultation, said Rob Fowler, a part of ...

Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... vibrant Ausbil group, which has a demonstrated high regard for the principles of active ownership with regard to environmental, social and governance issues," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "The relevance and importance of ESG research continues to grow rapidly ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... is being recognised as a leader on climate change. This is happening only recently." Qi Ye spoke as an expert on environmental policy and as the head of The Brookings-Tsinghua Center, which is based in Beijing at the School of Public Policy and Management ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner talks with The Sustainability Report about the fund's approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of the fund's investment process. Richard Brandweiner, CIO, First State Super Q ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... two years, boards have been saying they're looking for women, and those preferably with tech skills." See Also: Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CAER have partnered to offer investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... 1,300 'green union representatives' to conduct audits, identify energy savings and represent workers on workplace environmental committees. "In the UK and also other countries in Europe, there has been collective bargaining over this issue," he said. ...