Search Results

Showing 2771 - 2780 of 4400 results for "Australia"

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... report from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia WBCSD recently published Business Climate Resilience - Thriving through the transformation, launched to coincide with the ...

Ethical Investment Week to focus on "The Sustainability Revolution"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... annual Ethical Investment Week will focus on "The Sustainability Revolution" with a number of events in cities around Australia. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-Operative Ethical Investment Week 2019 will be held during the week of the ...

Rainmaker Group acquires The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... and the capital markets," said Christopher Page, Rainmaker managing director. Illustrating this, almost two thirds of Australia's investment and superannuation market being around $2 trillion is managed by fund trustee boards and investment managers ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... The Actuaries Institute have released a report, The Impact of Climate Change on Mortality and Retirement Incomes in Australia, which examines how climate change will affect Australians in broad ways - impact on economic growth, health and mortality ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... AUD $180 billion of assets under management globally. Abigail Dean, head of sustainability at Nuveen, was recently in Australia to meet with the firm's investors. "Climate change impacts are definitely at the top of mind for investors," she said. "There ...

MSCI issues guide for investor reporting to TCFD guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
MSCI has issued a guide aimed at assisting investors who intend to report on their climate-related risk management processes according to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. Michael Salvatico, executive director ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments hires Danielle Welsh-Rose

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Aberdeen Standard Investments Welsh-Rose will support the integration of ESG factors into ASI investment decision-making in Australia and across Asia-Pacific as well as advocate the importance of ESG capabilities with clients and potential clients across ...

Median CEO bonus payout near record high: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
More than half of ASX100 CEOs received at least 70% of their maximum bonus entitlement, according to the latest analysis of CEO pay by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ed John, ACSI executive manager, governance, engagement ...

Robeco on ESG integration, SDGs and impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... sustainability integration at Robeco Masja Zandbergen, head of sustainability integration at Robeco, was recently in Australia speaking of Robeco's approach to sustainable investing and measuring impact. Robeco integrates environmental, social and corporate ...

Extreme weather increases through Autumn 2019: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Autumn 2019 had the second most extreme season in Australia in the number of hot days ever recorded, according to the Australian Actuaries Climate Index. "The frequency of extreme high temperatures in Autumn 2019 was 96% above the long-term average ...