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DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... requirements to consider the impact of climate change on development. In Queensland, provisions in the Coastal Protection and Management Act and the Sustainable Planning Act require climate change to be taken into account. Simply put, when local governments ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... cross-industry ESG issues for all companies on the MSCI World Index, including carbon emissions, water stress, labour management, and corporate governance. There is four years of raw data, including water use and lost-time injury rates; indicators on ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... natural assets," said VicSuper CEO Michael Dundon. Luckily it's not a choice we have to make because good environmental management will produce economic rewards for businesses and employees." Joining the partnership is in line with bankmecu's mission ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Centennial Group International and chairman of Centennial Asia Advisors. He is formerly president of the Asian Institute of Management and served as secretary of finance of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, and was chairman and CEO of the Development ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Report. The bond will fund environmentally sustainable projects in the areas of as energy efficiency, clean energy, water management, waste management, sustainable living, environmental services and sustainable public transport, LGS said. "Our decision ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... their portfolios while gaining the desired exposure," said John Krieg, managing director for Northern Trust's asset management arm in Europe, Middle East and Africa. "We are pleased to work in partnership with AP4 in implementing this low carbon solution." ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... economic and financial heft - industry superannuation funds, which are member-owned, have AU$244 billion in assets under management, while financial mutuals have AU$83 million in combined total assets and the top 100 co-ops and mutuals had combined annual ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). She is also a member ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Report or Explain Forum, which is a group for organisations wanting to push sustainability disclosures as a mainstream management and accounting tool. "This news from our forum member, BM&FBOVESPA, of the increase in the number of companies following ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical and sustainable supply chain management are being integrated into procurement practices in Australia and around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows ...