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Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... infrastructure portfolios and assets worldwide. The assessments are guided by what investors and the industry believe to be material issues in the sustainability performance of real asset investments and are aligned with international reporting frameworks ...

Cement companies need to "more than double" emissions reductions: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... use an internal carbon price, "which is a significant risk in a sector where carbon pricing legislation could have a material impact." Further, "cement companies are not incentivizing long-term climate risk management through executive level remuneration ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board issues TCFD aligned framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... guidance on risk management, "as well as a recommendation for companies to consider how resilient their strategies are to material environment risks associated with a 2C or lower scenario, in line with the Paris Agreement and all the requirements stemming ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... adding "the government encourages the Council to continue to keep the Principles and Recommendations and the guidance material under review to ensure it provides an appropriate framework to ensure the corporate governance of ASX listed entities remains ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
BPH Billiton has announced that it will remain in the US Chamber of Commerce despite "material differences" between the Chamber of Commerce's policy on climate change and BHP Billiton's position. Brynn O'Brien, executive director, ACCR BHP Billiton ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The financial services industry play a key role in raising, structuring and allocating funding to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to new research from EY. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... strategies at Stewart Investors, has previously spoken with The Sustainability Report about his firm's focus on sugar as a material issue for some companies. "Action by the ACCC joins measures by governments in over 30 countries imposing taxes on sugar ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Analysing companies for their ability to produce long term sustainable results based on their environmental and social material issues has led Stewart Investors to focus on how companies' key purpose before investing in it. Stewart Investors recently ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Institutional Australia, Russell Investments Global asset manager Russell Investments has created a methodology to provide material ESG scores for companies within its investment universe. The methodology, as described in a paper titled Materiality Matters ...

KPMG event tells companies to consider the "What ifs" of climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... standards that will cost companies time and labour to implement. Companies have legal obligations to consider and disclose material climate risks, noted Barker. She said that while mandatory disclosure standards are not yet in Australia, they are coming ...

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Aware Super, HESTA join forces against Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN
The super funds have voted against the re-election of the chair of the Woodside Energy Board's Sustainability Committee, saying the gas giant has failed to meet expectations on climate action.

Bill Gates to give away wealth in next 20 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Bill Gates says he will give away all his wealth over the next two decades and close the Gates Foundation permanently in 2045.

Richest 10% drive global warming: Research

KARREN VERGARA
New research that examined wealth-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that the world's richest people are fuelling two thirds of global warming.

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN
ART said the more extensive set of exclusions will come into effect July 1.

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