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Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Perceived risks to Australia like climate change, inadequate R&D investment, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility present opportunities to the country, and not just threats. James Allt-Graham The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Climate change is the top perceived risk to Australia, with inadequate R&D investment, flooding, storms and cyclones, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility also figuring in a list of top 10 risks based on their likelihood of happening ...

The UpSide interview: Prof. Michael Grubb

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Professor Michael Grubb on 'What Australia has learned from the mistakes of the EU ETS" Grubb is chair of the board of Climate Strategies and he is a senior research associate at the Faculty of Economics in Cambridge University (half time), and editor-in-chief ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... improvements throughout a building's lifecycle, according to a paper published by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). IIGCC represent members with a total of EUR 7.5tr in assets under management. Buildings are responsible for ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency is considering a series of new activities to include on its "positive list", meaning that activities including farm forestry, intensive rotational grazing and aspects of small landfill operation ...

The UpSide interview: Dr Fraser Thompson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Thompson from Hunter Gatherer on Vimeo. Kimmorley presents this interview, one in a series of discussions with UK-based climate change economics and business experts in The UpSide: what next for a sustainable Australia? The interviews focus on topics ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... investment teams across asset classes in the Asia Pacific region. Berrutti is the current chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change research working group, and a director of Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. McCluskey, head of sustainability ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... preparation of liable listed companies is adequate to good," said Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). "We suspect that in the last couple of months, there have been some companies getting up to speed or catching ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... that report exposure to similar risks. "Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, and the water impacts of climate change are likely to be more severe than other countries," said James Day, CDP's director - Australia and New Zealand. "Australian ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... more efficient." Vernon and Smith said the company's ethical mission and engagement would not be changed. The company's Climate Advocacy Fund, an indexed fund explicitly designed to permit increased engagement around climate change issues, will continue ...