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ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions in 2016, 88 ASX200 companies (43%) published policy statements acknowledging climate change as a business risk, and 49 ASX200 companies (25%) disclosed a climate or energy efficiency-related target. ACSI said they would engage ...

Mirvac launches first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... beyond our boundaries by 2018," said Sarah Breavington, group sustainability manager. "Following engagement across the business as well as with our partners and customers it became clear that we wanted to ensure our RAP formalises our efforts to engage ...

Local Government Super appoints Katherine O'Regan as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... policy think tank The Sydney Institute, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (University of Canberra), Masters of Business Administration (Australian Graduate School of Management) and a Masters of US Studies (University of Sydney). She succeeds Craig ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... these recommendations at a voluntary level," McBrien said. "We all know that they take a few years to kick in from a business process perspective, and we need ot help the agenda come together, if we're going to seize the opportunities that the transition ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
VicSuper has joined 30 other Australian businesses in the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) Trailblazer program. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper corporate responsibility manager Last year, the federal government appointed Good Shepherd Microfinance to ...

PRI, Willis Towers Watson partner on megatrends and impact on financial system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... macro-economic risk are at the heart of our work and our collective capabilities play an essential role in enabling governments, business and the wider financial sector to capture those opportunities and manage risk more effectively," Haley said. "Analysis ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Man Group has appointed Steven Desmyter as head of responsible investment and chair of Man Group's Responsible Investment Committee. Desmyter is currently a member of Man Group's Executive Committee and head of sales across EMEA and will also continue ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... for reporting risk management for the financial sector across climate risk," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of Sustainable Business, and World Business Council for Sustainable Development Australian Network Partner. " The way it has been done and the approach ...

Pollinate Energy to open operations in fifth city - Kanpur

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... weekly income for families living in unelectrified homes in Kanpur is 1367 RS (AU$28.50). Pollinate Energy has developed a business distribution model that follows the pathways developed by the spread of mobile phones in India to sell solar lights in ...

Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Unreasonable Goals, with the aim of "accelerating and achieving" the SDGs. Carnegie Energy has been selected to lead global business in achieving Goal 7 - affordable and clean energy. "It is an incredible honour to be recognised by the US State Department ...

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Green Moves: ACSI, PRI, HOPE Housing

ELIZABETH FRY
PRI chief executive steps down, while ACSI strengthens its ESG team with a Greenfluence founder and HOPE Housing hires a director to raise capital.

Industry fund dumps sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, citing its poor performance.

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO
Shareholder engagement is likely to change this year, ISS-Corporate says.

Australians reject net zero targets, polling claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
New polling suggests Australians are still not convinced a move to net zero is in their best interests, much preferring the government focus on affordability and reliability.

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