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Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... for palm oil, a situation that is not likely to change in future, Australian commitments to sustainable palm oil will not shift the market globally. But Australian companies can help develop for sustainable palm oil, help strengthen the RSPO and contribute ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has focused on three priority areas in its 2013-2017 sustainability strategy -responding to shifts in demographic and cultural change, creating economic solutions to environmental challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the way that NAB internal stakeholders work together to generate their annual report, O'Neill said. "A really important shift has been how we work together internally," O'Neill said. "Instead of having different business units writing their own sections ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... It is patently clear that a range of nations have moved well ahead of Australia if they haven't already. The debate will shift to how much further Australia has to go." In presenting this package of reporting to superannuation funds at CMSF, Fabian said ...

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 ...