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Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... switched off in meetings rooms when not in use - a manual process. Furthermore, Pangolin conducted a Carbon Strategy and Risk Report in late 2011 for FB Rice to assess and prepare for the impact of the carbon price on the firm. FB Rice is looking to ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are opposing a proposal by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) to allow small to mid-cap companies to issue discounted new shares to investors via placements. ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... function. "For fixed income, we expect the look and feel will be quite similar, except it will be more focused on downside risk," Berrutti said. "The fixed income guys have the asymmetry where they have the upside limited to the interest being paid ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... years, and that there are not enough workers of similar experience levels to replace them. This human capital management risk poses a threat in terms of both health and safety and delays in projected capital expenditure spending. "There is a decent link ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... future without taking out some insurance. Despite what you may hear, there is a lot happening and there's probably a greater risk of Australia being left behind than being caught too far out front." Hueston noted that despite the failure of the 2009 ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... AU$3.3bn across all portfolios. SuperRatings also cited the fund's decision to implement biannual carbon and ESG portfolio risk audits and releasing the results of the audits on their website. See Also: LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... GBST and corporate ESG research firm CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility are partnering on a quantitative ESG risk management tool aimed at superannuation funds and fund managers. The product can be used as a responsible investment overlay ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... its equity portfolios and found that while domestic Australian equities are more carbon intensive, they have a lower ESG risk than international peers. Bill Hartnett The audits show that the ASX is more carbon intensive - in terms of CO2 emissions/revenue ...

Businesses must innovate in response to carbon constraints

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Business. Sanjay Sharma, dean, University of Vermont School of Business. Rather than focusing solely on cost savings and risk reduction, as has been an approach to environmental sustainability by a majority of companies, companies that have proactively ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... that the CEFC will have at its disposal in tailoring investments are a capacity to provide funds, change the allocation of risk amongst the participants, lengthen the available tenor for loans and offer an appropriately concessional cost of funds." Experts ...