Search Results

Showing 3451 - 3460 of 4400 results for "Australia"

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... the Paris Climate Change talks, among other activities, according to Fiona Reynolds, managing director. Reynolds is in Australia and is speaking at the Women in Super National Roadshows on the environmental, social and governance (ESG ) challenges facing ...

ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... financing of carbon emissions. CBA declined to put the resolution to shareholders, and ACCR, joined by Environmental Justice Australia, challenged CBA in court. Last week, the Federal Court on Friday ruled that companies can refuse to put ordinary resolutions ...

KPMG Australia buys Banarra

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
KPMG Australia has bought human rights and social impact consultancy, Banarra. The move brings new human rights and social impact expertise to KPMG Australia, said Adrian King, PMG Australia's partner in charge of climate change and sustainability services. ...

UCA Funds Management select Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... become known as the Uniting Ethical Australian Equities Trust. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and provides investment management for charities, faith-based organisations and their ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, and provides investment management for charities, faith-based organisations and their members. ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... investment value of mining projects in Queensland, according to a recent report by MSCI. Chris Vernon, senior analyst at MSCI Australia, authored an issue brief looking at the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to new and expanded coal ...

Court back Commonwealth Bank in ACCR case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The Federal Court in Melbourne has ruled in favour of Commonwealth Bank of Australia in a case brought by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and Environmental Justice Australia on the right of shareholders to put a resolution ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... legal, operational and market risks, which could affect the credit risks and market value of underlying assets." National Australia Bank, a signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration, was one of the institutions evaluated in the assessment. The study ...

ACCR to lodge carbon disclosure resolutions for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas policy in which it committed to not "build, finance or acquire new conventional coal-fired power stations in Australia (i.e. without carbon capture and storage," not extend the operating life of any of its existing coal-fired power stations ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... "There's benefits in diversity, using other people's strengths," said David Braga, Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand. "In a sense, it's no different to what's going on in general - what it is to be a good corporate governance ...