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Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... according to researcher Lonsec. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst, Lonsec Lonsec released its 2014/2015 Australian and Global Equity Responsible Investment (RI) Sector Review, and reported that the Lonsec's Australian equity RI peer group average ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... is the issue of divestment from fossil fuels and trustees' obligations around the valuation of fossil fuel assets given global climate change regulation and investment trends. Fossil fuel assets do not yet represent a material risk because of climate ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... to achieving the targets and goals around environmental and social performance." UNSW reported its performance using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 guidelines, an approach that Magner favoured, but one that carried complications for the university ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... irrefutable fact is filtering through to companies and investors. The businesses that have made it onto our first ever global list of climate performance leaders are to be congratulated for their progress; they debunk economic arguments against reducing ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
VicSuper has become the first Australian superannuation fund to construct its annual report using both Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 and the Integrated Reporting guidelines. VicSuper, a public not-for-profit superannuation fund, reported assets ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australian companies continue to lag their international peers when it comes to creation and enforcement of anti-corruption and fraud policies, according to KPMG. Gary Gill, partner and head of forensic, KPMG "From an Australian perspective, I don't ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... searching for a new chief executive, McKeon said. "Dr Marshall combines commercial and scientific credentials with extensive global experience, making him the world class leader we were seeking for CSIRO," McKeon said. "The board is confident that Dr ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... over pollution and water, and the introduction of energy and carbon efficiency standards in the US utilities sector as global points in the shift from a high carbon to a lower carbon economy. "[These changes] were driven by an accumulation of events ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... companies report on the impacts these programs are having, according to KPMG. Carl Adams, head of mining, KPMG Australia KPMG's Global Mining Institute recently released Valuing social investment in mining, which surveyed the corporate reports of 10 ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "In a decarbonising world, where other countries also act to reduce their emissions in line with what is needed to avoid global warming of more than two degrees, Australia can play its part while sustaining rapid economic growth," said Frank Jotzo, director ...