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South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... process and learned from Victoria and NSW," Bocskay said. "The legislation takes the best of both bits of legislation. In their act, building owners have the opportunity to use either the NSW or the Victorian approach towards dealing with tenants.... ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has developed a new AU$250 million program to encourage Australian councils to invest in technologies to increase their energy efficiency and lower emissions. The CEFC Local Government Finance Program will ...

Governance Institute appoint Simon Pordage president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Governance Institute of Australia has appointed Simon Pordage FGIA its national president for 2016. Pordage has been a member of Governance Institute's board since 2012, and was vice-president prior to this appointment. Pordage is currently company ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
A successful outcome to the Paris Climate Summit will be an agreement that sets a strategy for global action over time in which countries that are party to the process are similarly engaged on a pathway to cap global temperature increases to 2 degrees ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Managing the future risks of investment portfolios and meeting the future needs of retirees will require new tools, according to Jane Ambachtsheer, chair and global head of responsible investment, Mercer Investments. Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer Investments ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The world's largest metal and mining companies are not adequately managing carbon and water risks, and most are unsupportive of new climate regulation, according to the CDP. CDP has published a new report, Making the grade: Are some miners chasing fool's ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Clarity in the laws governing fiduciary duties and the responsibilities of institutional investors in considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks should be a high priority for the financial services sector, according to a new white ...

NZ Super publishes white paper on ESG beliefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) believes that by identifying and managing material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, it is allocating its capital "towards more attractive areas and better manag[ing] long term risk." ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Responding to climate change is not only a global policy initiative, and a risk factor, but companies' climate change data and responses can be used as a mark of operational and management quality, according to research from BlackRock. Dr Joanna Nash ...

GRI CEO discusses future of sustainability reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is in the process of transitioning the G4 guidelines to the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, but that process is only one phase of the organisation's wider mission to enhance the transparency of non-financial ...