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Is the electrical utility sector prepared for low-carbon economy?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... outlining the threats facing the sector and investor expectations. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) with support from investor networks in North America (Ceres' INCR) and Australasia (IGCC) has published ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... communities, and labour are material, while in the metals sector companies and investors cited occupational health and safety, climate strategy, and communities. However, in the electric utilities sector, investors consider customers and innovation important ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... trade exposed sectors and the electricity sector. Emily Gerrard, senior associate, Allens The Labor Party announced its climate change policy this week, with proposals to transition Australia to 50% renewable energy by 2030, increase energy efficiency ...

LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... verification is fast becoming an integral part of global corporate carbon reporting, and LRQA's independent sustainability and climate data verification services lend support to CDP's aim of putting relevant climate information at the heart of business ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... set policies and legislation to fulfil their commitments, there is also new pressure for companies to examine their own climate change risks and opportunities in light of the intention to cap global warming at 1.5-2C above pre-industrial levels, and ...

VicSuper establishes Climate Change Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
VicSuper has established a Climate Change and Investments Steering Committee, which will create the superannuation fund's strategy to manage climate change risk across their portfolio. The Climate Change and Investments Steering Committee is headed ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... priced AU$260 million in asset-based securities (ABS), including an AU$50 million green tranche, certified by the global Climate Bonds Initiative. The ABS is supported by a pool of Australian unsecured, retail, "no interest ever" payment plans, originated ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainable development agenda has gathered significant pace in the last 12 months illustrated most notably by the Paris Climate Change Agreement opening for signature later this week," said Eric Hespenheide, chair of the GSSB. "Set in this context ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... investment/intervention programs, but the core services and product of the business," said Chi Woo, partner, advisory, climate change and sustainability services at KPMG Australia. "To what extent are they considering social impacts and the ability to ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... investments," Brand said. "As things change coming out of Paris, we may start to see market-based instruments to address climate change. We played around with REDD probably five years ago looking at projects in Indonesia, but the lack of certainty in ...