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Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... driven by short-term policy compliance rather than the strategic view. Some of the Asian companies in Australia had more resources than the Australian government and Australia is at the lagging end on policy from our Asian neighbours. Those companies ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... overwhelmed by the sheer volume of paperwork that's required for approval processes - they may not have the expertise or the resources for those approval departments and that is also a risk." The current regulatory framework for the approval and ongoing ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... value of fossil fuel assets is at risk in a carbon constrained world, but the risk is not evenly distributed across all resources or across a long term time horizon, according to a report by Citi. Elaine Prior Citi analysts examined the implications ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... who are UNPRI signatories, I don't think there's much appreciation in the UNPRI framework that they need to use the resources wisely in step with their quite specialized value prop. I think large multi-faceted institutional houses should be involved ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... warming below two degrees, as many governments have committed to doing, roughly half of the world's existing fossil fuel resources can't be burned," she noted. "But those reserves are built into stock prices, especially in Australia, given the concentration ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... that it has an integrated and sustainable strategy encompassing all of its capital - including its people, the natural resources it uses, and the integrity of its supply chain." Both GRI and IIRC have a shared view of the evolution of corporate reporting ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... India and Vietnam. "The intersection of climate change, urbanisation, poverty reduction and the management of natural resources is a big challenge for Australia and many of our friends in neighbouring nations," said Professor Dave Griggs. "We are excited ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... leading the debate on issues including the financing of Australia's low carbon economy, carbon pricing, forestry and resources. He previously worked as director and senior economist for Economists at Large, and senior investment analyst at Innovest (now ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... within the traditional range of expertise - to evaluate how pension assets can be impacted by the relationships between resources and the economy and the impacts of climate change. The report developed four models - business as usual, in which governments ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Fundamental Asian equity team. Koh was responsible for stock picking of Australian securities, particularly within the resources, energy, transport, infrastructure and A-REIT space. Prior to working for BlackRock, Koh briefly worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers ...