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Report: 100 South African companies used GRI in 2010

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... report noted that of the 392 reviewed companies, many lag behind "reasonable expectations" for providing data regarding carbon footprints and/or greenhouse gas emissions. Similarly, SustainabilityServices said the quality of information on water usage ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... behaviour and attitude also matters. We want to see them behaving in a sustainable manner, looking to monitor and reduce their carbon footprint and so forth. Finally, superannuation funds should be actively engaging/influencing members and other service ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... we've obviously done this major report on climate change and asset allocation," Birgden said. "We also produce research on carbon. We also provide clients with assessment of the carbon intensity of client portfolios and provide them with advice on how ...

IGCC: carbon price delay could cost electricity sector $2.5bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
A four-year delay to the start of a carbon pricing regime in Australia would cause an additional AU$2.5bn of additional costs to the electricity sector for both investors and energy users, according to a study commissioned by the Investor Group on Climate ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... use of natural resources. The ICMM's "long term objective" is the establishment of an integrated and globally effective carbon regime. Its policy recommendations would lead to that outcome by achieving a measured transition to a low-carbon economy without ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... dollars over coming decades, with Australia potentially being one of the worst hit countries if international response to carbon emission mitigation response is strong. See Also: Climate change a portfolio risk: Mercer

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... risk we face to avoid dangerous climate change." In the report, Australian respondents were concerned about the lack of carbon pricing system and a less certain regulatory environment, although there is an increasing focus from investors on policy advocacy ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... An analysis of nine of Australia's major trading partners by the Productivity Commission concludes that establishing a carbon pricing mechanism is a more efficient means of reducing consumption than other schemes that raise the explicit and implicit ...

Low Carbon Australia makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has appointed Tanya Cox and Linda Nicholls to the board of directors. Cox is the chief operating officer and company secretary of DEXUS Property Group. Nicholls is a corporate adviser and director. Nicholls is chair of Yarra Trams ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Putting a price on carbon emissions is the only way to drive investment in cleaner energy innovation, and failing to do so would condemn Australia to becoming "an old-world, high-polluting technological backwater," Treasurer Wayne Swan said in a speech ...