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Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has hired Kris Douma as director of investment practices and reporting. Douma will join PRI in January 2016. He comes to the PRI from the NBA, the Dutch professional organisation for accountants in Amsterdam ...

Queensland government approves Clare Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... "Burdekin Shire Council, energy providers and other key state agencies," she said. Clare Solar Farm will be developed by global solar power company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) and will develop 238 hectares of photo voltaic panels on 340 hectares ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Natural Capital Declaration is a private sector initiative that has been endorsed by 43 financial institutions. It is a global finance-led initiative convened by the Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP ...

Draft Low Carbon Transport Standard issued for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the necessary decarbonisation of our transport systems. On average that's $450bn per year, or a third of current annual global investments in land transport. "The Low Carbon Transport Climate Bonds Standard provides clear eligibility criteria for low ...

Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... climate change and sustainability leader Tomorrow's Investment Rules 2.0 is EY's second annual survey of more than 200 global institutional investors, including in Australia, to assess their views about the use of non-financial information in their investment ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... climate pollutant emissions. Origin is a major carbon emitter, and energy production is responsible for around two-thirds of global carbon emissions." Nearly 40 Australian companies belong to the We Mean Business Coalition. The coalition formally lists ...

Companies considering implication of BEPS reform: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... both social and governance issues by companies, according to a briefing by KPMG's international tax experts. Greg Wiebe, global head of tax, KPMG The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued a time table to address the ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... net return on its default MySuper growth option as part of its 2014/2015 annual report. The superannuation fund used the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 reporting framework and the principles of the International Integrated Reporting (IR) framework ...

ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... more than a decade," said Fiona Reynolds, managing director, PRI. "We have seen a growing appetite across the region from global investors who want to better understand how ESG issues can impact investment in fast-growing Asian economies. The strong ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... about how this holistic views of human beings of sharing a community of common destiny. It also calls for a new type of global development partnership." China's leadership on climate change commitments is driven by moral considerations and domestic considerations ...