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CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Marshall as its new chief executive. Larry Marshall, incoming chief executive of CSIRO Marshall is currently the managing director of Southern Cross Venture Partners, "an early stage venture capital firm specialising in creating Australian technology ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Verway Sheikh met whilst campaigning as Green Party candidates in ACT at the last election, Verway said. Post-election ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... how each should relate to other, characterised as a shift from "investor relations" to "owner relations." Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia With superannuation funds becoming more active in exercising their voting rights ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... decarbonise the Australian economy is in energy and carbon forestry, said Anna Skarbek, Climate Works Australia executive director. Anna Skarbek, executive director, ClimateWorks Australia ClimateWorks and ANU developed the report, Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... communications and outreach and spokesperson for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Georg Kell, executive director of the UN Global Compact; Helge Lund, CEO of Statoil; Jose Manuel Entrecanales CEO of Acciona, and Pegan. (Photo courtesy ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... SmartBeta fund in Australia, which will be available to the retail market via the Asgard platform. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg The AXA IM All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund has been seeded with AU$55 ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... on their respective markets, and recently, PACE Now held a discussion between Bocskay and David Gabrielson, Executive Director of PACENow. "If you look at just commercial PACE, the quantum of what is invested in Australia is not that different than in ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... exposures without drastically increasing tracking error or reducing investment returns, according to MSCI. executive director, global head of ESG research, MSCI MSCI has recently launched its ESG CarbonMetrics, a suite of carbon and fossil fuel metrics ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... that decisions on re-electing non-independent directors will reflect discussions with the companies, the value of the director's contribution, and the degree to which AMP Capital beleives the board acts in the interests of its shareholders. AMP Capital ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... understanding of sustainability has grown dramatically over the past decade and a half," said David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the S&P Dow Jones Index Committee. "During that time the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices have been established ...