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ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The risk of stranded fossil fuel assets, increased environmental regulations and community group and environmental movement opposition are raising questions over the long term prospects and investment value of mining projects in Queensland, according ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Programme (UNEP). The Natural Capital Declaration and UNEP conducted a study of 30 financial institutions, Bank and Investor Risk Policies for Soft Commodities, and highlighted the polices that banks and investors can adopt to mitigate deforestation ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... posed significant risks to AGL, resulted in destruction of significant shareholder value. AGL's failure to disclose water risk is apparent there. We would urge AGL and others to disclose their water risks, and other water information through CDP's water ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... need to keep on touch, as the ideas develop," he said. "What is the answer? Is it a compliance tool, is it a specialist for risk recording that's going to come out? To me, it mirrors the evolution as funds are going into private equity and infrastructure ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... particularly relevant to pure play companies, but more towards diversified miners. You can have a conversation around the risk adjusted returns of different types of investments, you can seek to ensure that climate change risks are being factored in ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
More than 90% of ASX200 financial companies and 75% of mining and utilities companies have commitments to workplace mental health and safety, but barely one third publicly disclose information on the effectiveness of those programs, according to research ...

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CDP will conduct a global assessment of how 700 of the world's largest companies manage water security risks. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP has created a public scoring methodology to evaluate and benchmark corporate ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... the bonds to deliver on the outcomes." A further area of work will be in developing a social benefit bond model in which risk is shared between the government, the private sector and the social program itself. "I think that the dynamic between the risk ...

PRI outlines portfolio carbon reduction strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... climate change on the economy and the global carbon budget mean that asset owners will still need to consider their carbon risk exposure and the full range of possible actions to reduce emissions," PRI said. "Their portfolios are inevitably exposed in ...

Climate Bonds Initiative gain insurance body partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The UNEP FI Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) has joined the Climate Bonds Partners program, according to the Climate Bond Initiative. The Principles for Sustainable Insurance is a collaborative initiative between the United Nations Finance ...