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Water risks threaten growth of metals, mining companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Water risks are a threat to growth for the largest companies in the metals and mining sector, and those companies that manage water strategically are better financial performers, according to a report from CDP and Eurizon Capital. Fifty-seven of the ...

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Demand management - a cooperative approach to saving energy - could save billions of dollars from electricity bills in Australia, according to a study commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The study, Investing ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Christian Super has made an allocation to microinsurance by investing in LeapFrog Investments. Simba Marekera, policy analyst, Christian Super The AU$720 million superannuation fund made the allocation in early July, said Peter Murphy, Christian Super ...

CDP, CDSB, IIIRC ally to promote natural capital reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have agreed to an alliance that will see the three groups collaborate to increase the reporting on use and depreciation of natural capital. ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will have to report greenhouse gas emissions in their strategic or directors reports, after the British parliament amended its Companies Act 2006. From October, all companies quoted on the LSE and ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Responsible investment portfolios in Australia managed AU$152 billion or 16% of total assets under management last year, and core responsible investment funds are outperforming the benchmark of mainstream funds, according to the Responsible Investment ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
The corporate sustainability commitments outlined in the Rio+20 2012 outcome document are too weak and represent a missed opportunity to catalyse corporate action, according to a new report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of investors have recognised that environmental, social and governance risks matter, one of the biggest changes that Ann Byrne has seen in her five years as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
There is US$364 billion of climate-themed bonds outstanding in 2013, with issuance of new climate-themed bonds up 25% in 2012, according to a report by the Climate Bonds Initiative and the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence. Sean Kidney The report ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...