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IIRC appoints Peter Bakker deputy chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... for innovative corporate leadership such as linking manager compensation to non-financial goals, extensive operational research, and multiple-year leading positions in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index," IIRC said in a statement. He also led the demerger ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... as a panacea, the term is used so often and so broadly that its meaning is being diluted. Despite Australia's strong research outcomes, rate of commercialisation remain very low." The issue of inadequate R&D investment was intertwined with other issues. ...

The UpSide interview: Prof. Michael Grubb

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia has learned from the mistakes of the EU ETS" Grubb is chair of the board of Climate Strategies and he is a senior research associate at the Faculty of Economics in Cambridge University (half time), and editor-in-chief of the journal Climate ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Responsibility, Sustainability, and Stakeholder Relations," was commissioned and funded by the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCI). "The findings are somewhat counter intuitive to what one would expect from the university community," ...

Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... aid the coal industry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The package provides funding for three areas of development - research, development and demonstration of abatement technologies and processes, measures that address safety and regulatory issues ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... result of this issue, said Amanda Wilson, managing director of Regnan, a firm that provides advisory, engagement and research services around environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. "Our issue from an ESG perspective is the propensity for ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of Asia-Pacific investors in private equity monitor, or expect to monitor, general partners' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, in contrast to 70% of European investors and 27% of North American investors, according to ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... transdisciplinary perspectives to solve problems, said Professor Roger Burritt, CAGS director, and Joanne Tingey-Holyoak, research associate at CAGS. "Sustainability is a policy decision that's been adopted by many governments around the world, trying ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... accounting bodies in Australia - CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and by the Australian Research Council. "One purpose of the book is to recognise that there are different systems that are called water accounting," ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... across asset classes in the Asia Pacific region. Berrutti is the current chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change research working group, and a director of Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. McCluskey, head of sustainability and ...