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Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... about the science of climate change, and that is the way that many companies are looking at it, if they have the latitude to shift." Hoffman pointed to consumer demand for more energy efficient appliances and use of biofuels as examples of how companies ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors must take action in the investment chain, at the level of their invested companies and at the systemic market level to manage the amount of leakage in the system that reduces assets in a low-return environment, according to Mercer. ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can be used as a quantitative measure to construct an equities portfolio that generate improved active returns and better ESG ratings, according to research from MSCI. Michael Salvatico MSCI have released ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Legal practice Norton Rose has launched Clean Energy Law in Australia, an online subscription service that provides commentary on commonwealth laws covering the clean energy industry. Elisa de Wit Norton Rose has also published a book of the same name ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  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. But the report also noted that the Asian ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  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. "There are particular implications in ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Same pasta, same business, but different result. Because $EBIT is the denominator in the equation, changes in earnings will shift the numbers more than a change in emissions. Indeed, a like-for-like measure such as transport emissions per carton moved ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... destruction," he said. "[Asset owners] can only smooth that by investing in low-carbon hedges. We're not talking about an enormous shift - 5% hedge, going from a 2% hedge to even 5% would help to protect their portfolios significantly. It would also ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... gas emission reduction targets; timetables for these targets, alongside enforceable legal mechanisms; and incentives to shift the risk/reward balance away from high-carbon in favour of low-carbon investment," the groups said. "Investors are ready to ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The recently published Australia in the Asian Century white paper is focused on structural changes to the Australian economy and society that will put the country on the path to respond to the opportunities and reduce risks of some of the challenges. ...