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APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of the investment risks that trustees do need to understand and monitor, said Zein El Hassan, a partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. "Fossil fuel investments involve a number of different risks, not just climate related risks, and those risk factors ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... represented as part of the overall costs of their products, said Elisa de Wit, a partner and head of climate change at Norton Rose Fulbright. "One of the issues is whether the unwinding is already contemplated within a contractual arrangement," de Wit ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... a baseline price of any credits is hindering potential participation, said Elisa de Wit, head of climate change at Norton Rose Fulbright. "One of the other major things that we identified as a potential issue in terms of participation is that projects ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... to evaluate and appropriately respond to climate change risks in their funds' investment portfolios, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. Zein El Hassan, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright "Trustees should be undertaking more than just a watching brief in ...

Call for EUA inclusion in Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... duration mismatch present in the ERF contracts as currently presented, said Elisa de Wit, head of climate change at Norton Rose Fulbright, which assisted SMF in its submission to the Department of the Environment. "The big thing about the five year contracts ...

ANREV real estate investors outperform global GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Herbert Smith Freehills, Investa, JGS, Properties, Napier & Blakely, Norton Rose Fulbright, Propertylink, Queensland Investment Corporation, Russell Investment Group, The GPT Group, The Trust Company, and ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... for not for profits called ChipIn, and through backing from organizations including Epuron, Condall, Net Balance, Norton Rose Fulbright and the University of New South Wales Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering department in the Faculty of Engineering. ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... government's proposed legislation to repeal the price on carbon is not passed by July 2014. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright This week, the Liberal government published eight draft bills that will repeal the CPM and put in place transitional ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... forward the move to the flexible emissions trading scheme (ETS) carbon price period to 2014. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright The changes proposed in Starting Emissions Trading on 1 July 2014: Policy Summary are mechanistic in nature with ...

Net Balance Foundation joins CitySwitch program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... and committed to achieving a minimum 4-star NABERS energy rating for their offices. Signatories include legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright Australia, which is saving $42,000 per year on energy bills in its 8,900 square metre tenancy after signing up to ...