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APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... could include environmental and social risks, such as climate change and divestment from fossil fuels on the grounds of future risk to asset value. In doing this, APRA is in line with other financial services regulators and market operators. Earlier ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... that activity is a challenge. "Our most important contribution is in the education sphere," he said. "We are educating future generations of leaders and informing civil society with our research, and those are areas where it's difficult to obtain metrics ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... decreasing use of coal, it's hard to see that nuclear won't be an important part of the picture in the energy matrix in the future." By removing the exclusion on nuclear energy investments, 48 nuclear energy companies will become potentially investible ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Future Super, Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund, has been launched and is tapping into the growing fossil fuel divestment movement as part of its potential membership base. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the risks and how management is managing those risks? They want to talk to them about board composition, and how they are future-proofing the company? Shareholders and share owners have a very different perspective, and they're both valid and they're ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... he said. All of the suggested amendments to the policies would undermine existing renewable energy investments and halt future investments, IGCC said. "Investors are aware of the need to transition to a low carbon economy and include low carbon investments ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... that Australia's domestic agenda, the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism and the uncertainty around the structure and future of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) had impacted on the way that Australia was viewed as an investment market. "Investors ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... to get people into the right rehabilitative programs and speaking with the right people, they can potentially limit the future cost of the claim to the insurer," Fielding said. "If they can get involved early enough, they can prevent paying out the claims ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... "There has been such a focus on carbon emissions which is a very current looking view," Lee said. "It's not very much a future looking view when it comes to carbon assets.... We distinguish between the carbon emissions data, which is the scope one and ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... in climate risk e.g., increasingly severe extreme weather events. Organisations are starting to consider the impact of future climate scenarios on business resilience. Some are considering value at risk and developing adaptation pathways that help them ...