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Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... determined) policy and regularly revised targets. Both of these features make negotiating global climate policy easier political terrain than in the past, no longer requiring very different parties to settle on a single solution." Within the US, the ...

DCA sets agenda for diversity and inclusion in 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA lamented the return of the phrase "political correctness" as an insult towards increasing diversity and inclusion (D&A) in the workforce, and DCA CEO Lisa Annese pointed ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures release draft guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... settings and moved them forward and used them. This becomes even more important when you have this ongoing short term political volatility. We look globally. We see these issues playing out in every jurisdiction that we invest in, so it doesn't matter ...

IGCC, investor groups issue updated guide for oil and gas industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... investments? Is there broad oversight and transparency regards the company's public position, lobbying activity and political spending on climate-related regulatory issues (including carbon/methane emissions, energy and transport)? The guide was first ...

Shell Scenarios on pathways to net-zero emissions

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... incentives, to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) and to set a carbon price. "It's up to us collectively through the political system to decide whether this is going to succeed or not," he said. "[...] It's not about electricity, it includes that ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... uncertainty it brings to international collaboration on climate change," Herd said. "We cannot afford to let short term political shocks undermine our resolve to implement hard fought policy frameworks built on decades of work. "Australian investors ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... them into the next decade to ensure that responsible investments keeps moving forward worldwide." Peter holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and an MSc in Economics of the European Union from the London School of Economic ...

Oliver Yates to step down as Clean Energy Finance Corporation CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... AU$2.3 billion, contributing to projects with a total value of AU$5.7 billion. During this time, the CEFC operated on a political knife edge. When the Coalition government led by then-Prime Minister Tony Abbot was elected in 2013, the CEFC Act was targeted ...

IGCC, others organisations press G20 countries to ratify Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... and consistently focusing on climate risks as well as financial risks." The Senate inquiry was broadly supported by political parties in the Senate, and had received a number of public comments from stakeholders. "There was good engagement, in terms ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... members. The composition of the Senate is still unknown, but will most likely feature an array of senators across the political spectrum. Professionals from the Governance Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) ...