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70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... identified supply chain risks from climate change, most notably precipitation and temperature extremes, droughts, weather events such as hurricanes and typhoons and rising sea levels as having major cost implications. "This research illuminates fragility ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... by the use of these resources is becoming more expensive - in particular through the impact of increased extreme weather events driven by climate change." The report's authors - Aled Jones, Irma Allen, Nick Silver, Catherine Cameron, Candice Howarth ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... organisations in integrating sustainable procurement practices, including membership, consulting services, training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... power plants Protecting against rising sea levels Replacing and strengthening infrastructure to meet more extreme weather events, and Maintaining armed forces to defend borders against immigration, defend resource supplies, and provide manpower for more ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... and co-founded the Sustainability Business Forum in Sydney in 1999. Josh will contribute regular analysis of trends and events in sustainable business, finance and policy. Over the past five years, even through the GFC, institutional investors have increasingly ...

Fiona Reynolds to take PRI managing director role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... responsible for overseeing areas including organisational development, signatory relations and outreach, communications, events, finance, operations, administration, reporting and assessment, support for the PRI governing bodies, and day-to-day running ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... costs when assessing integrated oil and gas companies, according to MSCI ESG Research. Large, catastrophic environmental events are the biggest concern, according to Yulia Reuter and Dana Sasarean, senior analysts, MSCI ESG Research. "Poor management ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Australia's infrastructure is not equipped to handle more frequent, extreme weather events and other impacts of climate change, with the electricity, road and rail and financial services sector underprepared, according to a report from The Climate Institute. ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... pricing of externalities like carbon emissions might impact on those. Physical impacts include things such as extreme weather events, rising sea levels and increased disaster risks, and the impacts those have on investments. Law and policy development ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... factors as part of their strategy, including climate change and the increased likelihood of damaging, catastrophic weather events, "[g]rowing demand for palm oil, soy, beef, and other agri-commodities creates increasing pressure for land, which can impact ...