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IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and professionals acting in a trustee board meeting role-play that considers concrete steps for integrating climate change risk into a superannuation portfolio. The Perfect Storm Pension Fund features videoed discussion of the superannuation professionals ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... industry," the report said. "Last year and this year, respondents identified the "lack of appropriate capital across the risk/return spectrum" and "shortage of high quality investment opportunities with track record" as the most limiting characteristics ...

CDSB tackles reporting of carbon asset stranding risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels can be consumed by 2050 if global warming is to be constrained to the 2-degree C goal. Unburnable carbon is a risk scenario for companies that are exposed to fossil fuels, but the extent to which assets are devalued is highly dependent on ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... auctioning carbon allowances," as well as noting that "a main barrier to the deployment of lowâ€carbon technologies is a low riskâ€adjusted rate of return on investment visâ€A â€vis highâ€carbon alternatives often resulting ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... contract, because that's much more intensive as the company is trying to bed down that large contract. That's the biggest risk.... We want to see them get to a suitable standard where they're managing the finance, the contract payments are coming through ...

IFC, Shenzhen Emissions Trading Exchange sign agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... statement. "Moreover, this cooperation will help us to improve our overall capacity in product design, market promotion and risk management, which will lift the exchange's operations to the next level." The Shenzhen exchange encompasses 635 companies ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... requires overcoming several barriers - addressing the misperception that "investing for impact necessitates an appetite for high risk or a financial trade-off," for one, but charitable trusts and foundations also "grapple" with assessing and positioning ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Rose Fulbright "Trustees should be undertaking more than just a watching brief in relation to climate change, and from a risk perspective, they should be educating themselves on the nature of the risk and the probability of those risks manifesting themselves ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The European Parliament has adopted a measure requiring large European companies to disclose environmental, social and governance information as part of their annual reporting. Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier Companies with ...