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Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... as a more efficient market mechanism. Regulation is a much higher cost approach, but it is less visible in terms of political contestability. That's the sort of path that we're on at the moment - a higher cost approach." Combet acknowledged his partisan ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... quote in the report. The BCCM launched the report this week, and also kicked off a Sector Blueprint which calls on the political parties to "sign up to a Mutuals Charter ensuring government policies do not neglect or prejudice the contribution of co-operative ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report this week. The issue of fossil fuel divestment has recently been highlighted by the media and political reaction to Australian National University (ANU)'s decision to divest from Santos, Newcrest Mining, Iluka Resources, Sandfire ...

Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... "national and international land acquisition, planned and voluntary relocation, creating new national agencies and expanding political will," which, if implemented, can reduce the scale and suffering of human displacement because of climate change. "Land ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... is inevitable that superannuation will be asked to support the economy. So for superannuation funds, not being in the political debate is not an option." Superannuation funds are an example of universal owners in action, Noble pointed out, and as such ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... that this created. I'm looking to research how public action and collaborations across society can shape and influence political leaders and innovative policy making. My research will also look to the different approaches to climate change policy and ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... snap election based on a double-dissolution trigger, something that RepuTex believes is "highly improbable". Amidst the political uncertainty, liable entities are continuing to operate under the assumption that the current carbon pricing mechanism would ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... variety in how people are implementing it. That's the point - the point isn't that there's one way to do ESG. The global political economy is shifting and evolving, and these issues are changing the landscape for business. If you're investing internationally ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Political dysfunction in the United States has affected BlackRock's rating of its willingness to repay sovereign debt, according to the quarterly update of the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI). The BSRI focused on the US and what it labels the ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... - Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poors Financial Services and Fitch Ratings do consider corruption in gauging political risk, those risks were underestimated. "The working group felt that Moody's, S&P and Fitch, which together control about 95% ...