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CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
More than half of the world's largest public corporations have embedded climate change strategies into wider business strategy, according to the 2011 edition of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500 report. According to the report, Accelerating ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales-based Local Government Super (LGS) manages nearly AU$6bn in assets with 100,000 members, including 60,000 employees working for local government or related employers throughout NSW and 40,000 former local government employees. It ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Although the growing acceptance of reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is spurring strategic thinking about disclosing and managing sustainability risks, companies and other organizations need to do more, including setting ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... course, the next stage of the director selection process is interviewing candidates, and here, it's really important to be aware of any unconscious bias the interviewer or selection panel may hold. In the book I provide lots of suggestions and practical ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Although sustainability/ESG considerations and sovereign defaults are not, at first pass, connected to each other, when Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group talks about both, the word "imbalances" ...

Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... then the operator will pay that penalty. This is an additional risk to the operator," Anderson said. "Another issue to be aware of is that only liable entities can surrender carbon permits to cover greenhouse gas emissions. This means that, if the joint ...

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Sustainability and major sovereign default are two key themes investors need to be aware of, according to Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group. "Sustainability is not a problem for the next three ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... stakeholders previously. The experience of the cattle industry serve as a stark example that companies and investors must be aware of the social component to ESG analysis for risk and return, because failing to appreciate the impact of social risk may ...

ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... is the fourth year that the group has evaluated and discussed ESG disclosures with ASX200 companies, companies should be aware of the group's concerns and said that "recalcitrant" companies that give poor disclosures could possibly be named in future ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... initiatives to be effective in this space. Q: You mentioned training for staff? What does that entail - teaching staff to be aware of ESG issues? RM: It differs. An example of an issue we've covered is, what is the UNPRI and what are our obligations ...