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Pauline Vamos to step down as ASFA CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... influencing policy, lifting industry standards through our learning programs, delivering our renowned world-class annual Conference and engaging with other pension systems globally."

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... company's direct operations," a significant figure given the implications of the Paris Agreement agreed at the UN Climate Conference, COP21. Multinational companies are currently establishing the extent to which future regulation will impact their business ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference is widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
In the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is reference to the concept that co-benefits of adaptation efforts can contribute to mitigation, which experts believe can open new pathways for ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... investment Ambachtsheer was in Australia this week, speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Brisbane on the topic of innovation and safeguarding return for funds in a low yield/slow growth economy. Ambachtsheer ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Delivering Responsible Financial Markets A Preliminary Paper on Industry Priorities at its annual responsible investment conference in Sydney on Thursday. The paper calls for changes that will result in two main objectives - focusing capital on the long ...

NZ Super publishes white paper on ESG beliefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... O'Connor told The Sustainability Report during an interview at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference. "We are always actively looking for continual improvement in ourselves across the asset classes and opportunities, and ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... one of the main themes of discussion for the upcoming Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) 2105 RI Conference, said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "We're asking, what are the next big drivers [for responsible investment]," O'Connor said. ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... independently verified. CDP releases this annual report three weeks ahead of the launch of COP21, the UN Climate Change conference. "We must take swift and bold action to address the root causes of climate change," said Meg Whitman, president and CEO ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on its NAZCA web portal, and will be tabled at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), starting on 30 November. "In making these commitments, Origin joins a growing list of over 200 major companies ...