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ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... banking and the revelations from AMP. Further, the council has proposed including stronger language around the disclosure of climate risk. In the consultation document, the council adds language to Recommendation 7.4 to include recommendations from the ...

Pollinate Energy merges with US-based Empower Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Entrepreneurs in Nepal (photo supplied by Pollinate Energy) The product suite, including solar lights and solar fans, addresses climate change and human rights issues around poverty, enabling the organisation to directly impact a number of the United ...

Climate-related shareholder resolutions put to Rio Tinto, QBE AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
In watershed votes on climate-related issues, more than 18% of shareholders at Rio Tinto and QBE backed resolutions related to climate change-related risk. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super On May 2, Rio Tinto held its Australian ...

CDSB, TCFD launch knowledge hub for organisational implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) have launched a TCFD Knowledge Hub to provide insights, tools and resources for organisations implementing the TCFD recommendations. The ...

Future of mobility requires key action by business, policy makers: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... is that the role that mobility as a service - as a shared service will begin to emerge." Petersen likened mobility to climate change as a far-reaching material issue. "We're seeing mobility as the next climate change issue - one of the unforeseen, new ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has engaged with companies on human rights in supply chains, climate change, improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, and corporate governance. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil The fund has issued its ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... aren't excluded, it's an optimisation." Darroch also noted that SSGA engages with portfolio companies on issues including climate change and gender equality that impact on long-term value creation. "I think that if you have a look at the asset stewardship ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... where carbon pricing legislation could have a material impact." Further, "cement companies are not incentivizing long-term climate risk management through executive level remuneration, with only Cementos Argos including this."

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian market and globally, particularly in a number of collaborative efforts, to address, from an investor's perspective, climate change risks," Atkin said. "We've been wanting for some time now to not just identify the risks and work collaboratively ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... experience to provide exceptional support for our clients who are looking to address ESG risks and opportunities, including climate change, on both a regional and global scale."