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40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... given regulatory relief and additional penalties on all remaining sectors, and a third scenario that is aligned with Australia's required carbon budget under the Paris Agreement in a 2 degree world under which emissions are cut 52-56% on 2005 levels. ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... $3.5 billion in assets under management globally. New Forests manages more than 950,000 hectares of land and forests in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States for sustainable timber production and conservation. New Forests will ...

ACSI names Kate Griffiths to executive manager role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... AICD Company Directors Program, Chief Executive Women's Leadership Program, and a fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia. "I am very excited to be joining ACSI at this time," Griffiths said. "ESG matters are more significant than ever and I ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... engagement with companies on their disclosures. Alison George, Regnan acting CEO The review, Climate Change Disclosure by Australia's Listed Companies, examined climate risk disclosures by 60 listed companies in the ASX 300, in 25 recent initial public ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Future Business Generation has called on the superannuation industry to provide more sophistication in climate risk assessment and management, on behalf of Millennials that will retire in the post-2030 world. Oshadee Siyaguna, committee member of Future ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within the investment process. said Louise Lew, head of sustainability, Australia, Willis Towers Watson The Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index invests in both developed and emerging markets with a diversified ...

Raiz Invest launches Facebook Messenger chatbot for customers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... personalised experience via the mobile phone, 24/7, for general guidance. "She's a first step for us," Lucas said. "Australia is going to lose so many financial advisors, they'll become more expensive. AI providing financial advice will be one of the ...

Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has become a founding signatory to the Green Bond Pledge. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super The Green Bond Pledge is an international declaration that all bonds financing long-term infrastructure ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... to a distinct group of refugees and asylum seekers denied a proper legal process to make claims to refugee status in Australia; and transporting people between places of indefinite detention (both onshore and offshore), where complicity in human rights ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand's real estate sector has outperformed other regions in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance for the eighth year in a row, according to the 2018 GRESB benchmark. (Source: GRESB) This year, the region achieved ...