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AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Three Australian superannuation funds have achieved the highest mark of AAA in the 2016 Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s 2016 benchmark index. AODP this week released the 2016 Global Climate 500 Index, which rates the world's 500 biggest asset ...

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
Investors and corporations agree that materiality analysis is important to define "the most important sustainability issues," according to research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and RobecoSAM. GRI and RobecoSAM have published Defining What ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Labor Party's has committed to introducing a two-phase emissions trading scheme (ETS) if elected to government this year. If implemented, the policy will require legislative and regulatory shifts that will impact on industry sectors such ...

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 ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
FlexiGroup, an ASX-listed financial services group, has 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 ...

GRI releases drafts for first six GRI Standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published the first set of exposure drafts of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards) for public comment. GRI has released an initial set of six GRI Standards and have opened up a 90-day comment ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Corporate, public and not-for-profit organisations in Australia are increasingly setting frameworks to measure social return on investment (SROI) of their business activities and integrating those metrics and analysis into their business strategies. ...