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Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... water, and the introduction of energy and carbon efficiency standards in the US utilities sector as global points in the shift from a high carbon to a lower carbon economy. "[These changes] were driven by an accumulation of events and a growing awareness ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... been an evolution on the part of some companies in the understanding of how each should relate to other, characterised as a shift from "investor relations" to "owner relations." Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia With superannuation ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Centre for Climate Economics and Policy. "The report shows that Australian resource industries can continue to prosper if we shift away from coal and other fossil fuels. Other mining and manufacturing continue to grow, powered by lower carbon energy. ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... chemicals. Under that scenario, Australia would rank as one of the five countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. Since the 2011 report, Mercer clients ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... in a continuing cycle of exclusion and cannot participate fully in the community. It's time to think afresh about how to shift the current status quo, so that all Australians have real opportunity to reach their full potential." Traill has recently written ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... experience, the real problem is on the capital demand side. In particular in the European context, the real challenge is the shift of business culture. The shift from what I call hegemony of government and non-profit to entrepreneurship. This is not ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... percentage of the whole universe from last year, slightly. But given the numbers are really big, that represents quite a big shift. Energy has taken up a lot of it. One of the things the report notes is that it is fairly difficult to identify energy ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... co-founder of FSG. "It is an opportunity for banks to capture business value by enabling and financing societal solutions. This shift, however, will require a new paradigm that enables banks to leverage the tremendous potential inherent in their businesses ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Although 85% of ASX200 companies provide some level of reporting on sustainability factors, more than 40% of those companies still rate in the bottom two categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual review of sustainability ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... domestic investors in the green space for the better part of two years, looking at it on and off. There has been a growing shift in the institutional investor space in Australia towards more SRI mandates. It was the combination of these trends and the ...