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CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is increasing its disclosure of climate change risks by expressing its exposures to fossil fuels as a percentage of assets under management. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific ...

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... experience as a portfolio manager for ethical and ESG aware clients and has previously worked at Integrity Investment Management and AMP Capital. "I look forward to working with an organisation that is 100% dedicated to ethical investment and using my ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has hired Benjamin Pedley as its new director investments. Benjamin Pedley, director investments, UCA Funds Management Pedley comes to UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank based in Hong Kong, where he was head of investment ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... companies in the food products, semiconductors and utilities industries and found that 40% of the companies have poor water management programs, despite having exposures such as competing in water-intensive industries, having operations in countries ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... While They Work 2 research project will focus on identifying current and potential best practice in organisational management of whistleblowing, drawn from information from Australian and New Zealand organisations. The researchers say it is the largest ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments with a total of $US37 trillion assets under management (AUM) - on management of climate risk within their portfolios. The rankings are based on direct disclosures and publicly ...

Is the electrical utility sector prepared for low-carbon economy?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... questions about long-term risks and opportunities, including questions about policy, technology and demand changes, and the management of legacy assets such as power generation plants that are "no longer economical to use either due to a shift away from ...

Materiality analysis helps define sustainability issues: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... good alignment in the mining and metals sector, and less alignment in the electric utilities sector. Environmental management is considered among the most material topics across all three sectors. According to the report, investors and companies in the ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... core business for them." Some Australian companies such as Westpac and AGL have made commitments around reporting and management, which Connor called a welcome development. "It's a very welcome development and overdue and others are going to need to ...

VicSuper establishes Climate Change Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... visibility of performance, VicSuper said. The decision to establish a steering committee is part of a larger climate management and investments project begun by the fund in December 201. Last year, VicSuper conducted member research to see if there is ...