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CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 and responsible investment at CFSGAM ...

Farrell names appointments to National Water Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Murray-Darling Basin Authority. The two commissioners nominated by the states and territories - Professor Stuart Bunn, director of the Australian Rivers Institute, and Chris Davis, former CEO of the Australian Water Association - have also been reappointed. ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 company performance should be stronger and more rigorous than the oversight of ...

ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... management and business analysis with senior roles at Woodside Petroleum and BHP Billiton. Twidell is currently executive director of the Australian Solar Institute. The board members join Greg Bourne, ARENA chair, Brian Spalding and Drew Clarke, who ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... many asset owners and managers to assess how effectively ESG risks are taken into account," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research. "MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics provides a way for institutional investors to report ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... management in place, rejecting a series of resolutions put to a general meeting. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director The resolutions had been brought by a group of dissenting shareholders, including Timothy Xirakis, former head of client ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... financial uncertainty. "There is a cloud of political uncertainty hovering above us all," said Sally Burns, managing director of Sigma Global, a company that advises on corporate carbon compliance obligations and offset projects. "Obviously, buying ACCUs ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... "[The index] shows that some sectors are having a look at the issue [of gender diversity," said Claire Braund, a WOB director. "There is a clear indication that credit unions and superannuation funds are looking at this, particularly the corporate superannuation ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... dioxide as a greenhouse gas and has much greater short-term warming potential," said Stephanie Pfeifer, IIGCC executive director in a statement. "Concerned with the negative economic impacts of methane leakage and its contribution to climate change ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, said David Rickards, SEFA managing director. "The proposal made sense because there was a combination of good security, good mission and good entrepreneurship. Rickards ...