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Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... manifesting themselves in terms of negative impacts in the value of their portfolios," said Zein El Hassan, a partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. "The current statutory duties of trustees effectively require them to view their asset holdings through ...

Australian Ethical Investment hires head of ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... joining the St James Ethics Centre in 2011, Dr Palmer worked in law, finance and investment, including as partner at law firm Middletons Moore & Bevins and head of asset securitisation at ABN AMRO Australia. Dr Palmer received his doctoral degree in ...

DLA Piper: climate change legal risk in property development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to unexpected and unpredictable outcomes that expose companies and government authorities to legal risk, according to law firm DLA Piper. Mark Baker-Jones, special counsel at DLA Piper "There are changes occurring in legislation throughout Australia ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... will suffer impairments to assets in the transition to the low-carbon economy. AODP last year issued a report written by law firm Baker & McKenzie which concluded that superannuation fund trustees are exposed to legal risks in the event of financial ...

CEC to partner with American Council on Renewable Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainable energy technologies to scale." ACORE will this week run a series of leadership roundtables in Australia with law firm Baker & McKenzie and the Australian Trade Commission that will connect US financiers, developers and manufacturers with ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... version of Clean Energy Law in Australia is published by LexisNexus and will be updated four to six times a year, the law firm said. The work covers all aspects of Australia's clean energy policies including the carbon pricing mechanism, renewable energy ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... companies are underinvesting in areas of the biz that would help them to be competitive over the long term." Mercer, Canadian law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP and the Generation Foundation - the philanthropic arm of Generation Investment Management - will ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... managers. Climate change provides a unique test for them because it operates at a systemic level." AODP commissioned law firm Baker & McKenzie to analyse trustees' fiduciary obligations over climate change. Baker & McKenzie used the Australian legislative ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Initiative (CFI) is functioning in such a way to yield legally robust and proscriptive processes, according to a partner at law firm Norton Rose. Elisa de Wit "Now that that form is up and available, people can conceivably apply for their credits," said ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... fairly well prepared for the carbon pricing scheme," said Grant Anderson, a partner in the energy and resources group at law firm Allens. "They have spent a lot of effort in terms of determining which entity within a corporate group is a liable entity ...