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Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... stakeholders are considering the implications of the TCFD, their utility and how they will be integrated going forward. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers The TCFD is led by Michael Bloomberg. The TCFD's draft recommendations are structured ...

Experts discuss impact of Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... barrister Noel Hutley SC. All three of these developments were up for consideration by the panel, which included Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Fiona Wild, vice President, climate change and sustainability, BHP Billiton and data preparer ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... conduct stress testing for "organisational and systemic resilience in the face of adverse shocks" from climate risk. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers Speaking to the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum in Sydney, Geoff Summerhayes ...

Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership to offer director program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... adjunct professor at the Australian National University, Canberra, and senior fellow at the Resilience Centre, Sweden; Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison, and Sam Moystn, non-executive director and sustainability advisor. "This course is ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... governance and disclosure to minimise scrutiny from regulators and potential litigation, according to Minter Ellison. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers The Paris Agreement that arose out of last year's COP climate change conference ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... renewable energy," according to an alert written by MinterEllison partner Maged Girgis and MinterEllison special counsel Sarah Barker. "This case has ramifications for Australia in two ways," Girgis said. "The first is that a lot of thought leadership ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... decision signalled that human rights concerns are linked to financial returns of this stock in the fund's estimation. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers The consideration of social issues like human rights issues is on the agenda for ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... challenges to those trustees that are perceived as having not performed their fiduciary duties regarding climate change. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers Lawyers who spoke with The Sustainability Report say there is no immediate ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... operations, according to a panel of experts speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison Lawyers and a corporate governance and corporate social responsibility advisor explained ...
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