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CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... paradigm is one where companies report on things that they know at the end of the reporting period - known risks based on past events," Guthrie said. "What we're looking for here is to report on possible risks arising from future events which are in ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... drivers from an economic perspective and assessing how themes such as changing regulatory requirements, extreme weather events, income inequality create investment risk and opportunity and how can investors capture that growth opportunity." At a global ...

CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... recognising for various reasons that it's not fit for purpose. Accounting rules focus on disclosure of known risks based on past events. The whole nature of the thoughts we're looking at is that they're known risks, but not in a quantifiable sense and ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... use fire insurance as a risk mitigant. When you get fire insurance, you're really doing a statistical analysis of fire events over decades. Will those historical patterns shift and change with climate change? For us, that remains to be seen a bit. But ...

Property developers advised to factor in climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... highly treed areas. These environments will see the brunt of climate change impact - rising seas levels, increased storm events and bushfire threat." Net Balance has identified three drivers for adaptation action for the property development industry ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... on credit risk indicators. The working group then explored environmental, social and governance issues in recent credit events, such as how governance failings contributed to the euro crisis. The group concluded that while the big three credit rating ...

ACCSR appoints Jonathan Dutton as non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... and our clients the most." In his capacity as non-executive director, Dutton will also be speaking on behalf of ACCSR at events, contributing to the ACCSR training programs, blogging monthly on CSR in supply chain issues and advising the ACCSR team and ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... need to be aware of, and there's been sufficient incidences where people have been caught out. For example, given recent events, all of the consumer discretionary companies might be looking at their supply chain." ACSI is also participating in the ASX ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations in integrating sustainable procurement practices, including membership, consulting services, training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the past, various funds have run focus groups on a wide range of financial topics, sought member feedback, held regular events, and we know that most superannuation funds do interact with their members but not necessarily on ESG themes alone. There are ...