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AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... trillion AUM, the Climate Institute noted. The biggest increase has been in asset owners still developing their climate risk strategy, with a 52% rise in those rated C to CCC from 27 to 41, with $US3.4 trillion AUM. In Australia, this group rose from ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are concerned that some companies in the electric utility sector are not adequately prepared for the transition to a lower carbon economy signalled in the Paris Agreement, according to a global network of investors that have ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... 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 topics ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... how much does it all matter? It depends on what your belief is around ESG and its material impact on your investment strategy or portfolio. What we have on our portfolio base is a range of beliefs or strategies around ESG and that in turn impacts on ...

LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LQRA), a provider of professional assurance services, will deepen its verification collaboration with CDP, and will focus more on providing best practice resources for companies. LQRA is one of the founding members ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
This week, representatives from Australia and more than 150 nations gathered in New York to sign off on the Paris Agreement. Even as governments around the world face calls to set policies and legislation to fulfil their commitments, there is also new ...

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 by ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The new CEO of Community Sector Bank has said that he is focusing on learning how the bank's products and services to its not-for-profit organisation clients can be leveraged to bring added value to the sector. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Disclosures Standard, which includes organisational profile, governance, stakeholder engagement, reporting practice, strategy and analysis, and the Management Approach Standard includes the disclosure on management approach (DMA) from G4, GRI said. The ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... in measuring and improving investments in four areas that are tied to their "This Changes Everything" sustainability strategy - creating safer places, building a sense of community, creating healthier, more active communities, and instilling a sense ...