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Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... principal NSW at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers. "If the consequence is that there are significant changes imposed upon the mining and corporate sector, and as a result of that, there is a material downgrade in the value of companies that appear to have significant ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... lines," Tonkin said. "You'll have property, resources, and within that you'll have a focus on oil and gas and metals and mining and what have you, but water of course is the type of asset that touches all of that, and in a bank, you don't have a water ...

Expert panel discusses CSR practices in action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... the level of risk you have." MacLeod noted that, as an example, social licence to operate can have dramatic impacts on a mining asset. "Social risk is the mining sense - the above ground, outside the fence risk - is the one area of risk that has the ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Australia's Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Wildsmith noted that diversified mining conglomerates such as Glencore, Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are under consideration by the coalition. "If ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... all their lending," ACCR said in a summation of the 2014 commitments. "NAB has disclosed how much of its lending to the mining sector is to fossil fuels. Westpac has disclosed how much of its lending to the mining sector is to fossil fuels as well as ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Canada has passed a payment disclosure standard for its listed mining companies, and Publish What you Pay Australia said this could influence Australia to adopt a similar regime here. Canada's Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act will require ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... in their disclosures, the report found. The forest and paper products industry identified with all ten megaforces, while mining and metals, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and materials sectors identified with nine megaforces on average ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Mutual Economy Report, BCCM said that member-owned businesses make around 6% of the nation's earnings, the same level as the mining sector. The largest co-operative businesses are farmer-owned - Western Australian grain handler CBH Group (AU$2.8 billion) ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... by the media and political reaction to Australian National University (ANU)'s decision to divest from Santos, Newcrest Mining, Iluka Resources, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search, Independence Group and Sirius because of their fossil fuel assets. The seven ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... screening methodology, which result in changes that will exclude companies with exposures to activities such as coal, tar sands mining, and coal-fired electricity generators, the superannuation fund said. The threshold for the "high carbon sensitive" ...