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Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... for addressing ESG issues, Jantzi of Sustainalytics said. Jantzi urged Australia to share its experience more widely with global peers. "Your market, the Australian market, is a leader," Jantzi said. "You're sophisticated, responsible investors across ...

Investors discuss investing in two degree world at RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... higher levels of emissions than other sectors, but the overall impact of solar panels is to reduce carbon emissions in the global economy, meaning that footprinting alone is not a complete picture of a portfolio's impacts. Investa has embedded sustainability ...

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... of Triodos, Caroline Vu, chief impact officer at Impact Investment Group, Rahki Kumar, managing director at State Street Global Advisors, and moderated by Sally McCutchan, executive director at Impact Investing Australia. There is significant investor ...

Julia Leske appointed new chief executive officer of CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Advisory Board of the ACT Department of Treasury." CAER is an independent ESG research house established in 2000 and has as global research and distribution partnership with Vigeo Eiris. Leske cited the Vigeo Eiris partnership and CAER's expanded financial ...

New Forests launches third Australia New Zealand forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... we look forward to continuing to increase the role of certified Australian and New Zealand plantations in the expanding global bio-economy."

IGCC, investor groups issue updated guide for oil and gas industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other global investor bodies have updated their guide to investor expectation for the oil and gas industry. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC I nvestor Expectations for Oil and Gas Companies: Transition to a Lower ...

EY issues call to action to companies over social license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... action.... Business has never had a better reason to align their sustainable development strategies and disclosures to the global pursuit of a sub-2 degree climate future, and rise to an occasion that has been a long time coming." Thirdly, EY is advising ...

Shell Scenarios on pathways to net-zero emissions

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
Global oil and gas producer Shell is exploring how a net-zero emissions future will impact on their business strategy, using plausible futures scenario predictions to aid in their decision making. Shell's company strategy now and into the future is ...

Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... their successful operation and ability to generate stable long-term cash flows," said Patrick Kanters, managing director global real estate and infrastructure at APG Asset Management. "GRESB Infrastructure is an important step towards more coordination ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... officer. "We now need to focus on scaling up our policy response to help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to less than 2C". The IGCC and three other global investor groups, the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) ...