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AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... financial industry has made a "significant shift" towards embedding climate risk and responsible investment into core business, but more work is needed in the region, according to a new report from the new Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). ...

International Integrated Reporting Council hires Richard Howitt as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... worth of advocacy for higher levels of corporate transparency, governance and reporting to deliver a new bargain between business, capital markets and society." Howitt also thanked Druckman for his leadership as outgoing CEO. IIRC was founded in 2011 ...

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... analyst, investment research, AMP Capital. AMP Capital has conducted research into how digital factors can disrupt the business models for the insurance and diversified financial services sector, and how businesses are responding to the changes that ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... investment across the clean energy sector, channeling finance where it can support the transformation of innovative ideas into business realities." The co-investment fund model that Artesian is employing will encourage collaboration between accelerators ...

AMP Capital, CSIRO back renewable energy tech startup Evergen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... we want to try to do this so that we don't interact with the people in the home. We want people to do their everyday business and the algorithm can do the hard work for the person." Evergen products have been operating in a pilot group of Australian ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... change debate is easy. What we have seen in the last 18 months or so is a strong and consistent expressed desire from the business community to manage climate change risk, and we're hopeful that we will see that reflected in discussions over the next ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... finance-related activities." "The impacts of climate change and climate-related policy are having a growing effect on our business, our customers, and the communities in which we operate," said Nicola Murphy, NAB head of environmental sustainability. ...

Renew Financial on PACE, US residential renewable energy market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... other financing mechanisms to offer to their clients, so we try to tell them that PACE is an opportunity to grow their business and we make it as smooth and easy a process as possible for both homeowner and contractor," Kevles said. "We recruit solar ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Compact and EY. While leading companies around the world are creating more sustainable supply chains with significant business benefits, the approaches can vary significantly due to "sector characteristics, geographic presence, organisational culture ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting service. NAB Asset Servicing is the bank's custody and fund administration business. The reporting service will allow clients such as superannuation funds to drill into data through industries, market ...