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ACSI launches Stewardship Code for Australian asset owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... assess the focus that asset owners have on good stewardship". Stewardship codes are in place in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. This is the first stewardship code to focus exclusively on the activities of Australian ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Australia ranked 14 out of 20. The top three countries for AV preparedness are the Netherlands, Singapore and the United States. In Australia's case, the biggest barriers are technology and infrastructure-based. The report found "on technology and innovation ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia overall - based on its methodology - "for federal countries with decentralized resource governance (the United States of America, Canada and Australia), we assessed the largest resource-producing region (the Gulf of Mexico, Alberta and Western ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Groups and institutional investors have condemned the decision by the president of the United States to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "The Paris Agreement ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... California, Alaska, and New Mexico as part of its forest-carbon investments on more than 445,000 acres of forests in the United States. "As a company, we've always had a strong interest in the whole linkage between the forestry sector and action on climate ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... action at $8.37 trillion. Negative screening is the largest strategy in Europe, while ESG integration leads in the United States, Canada, Australia/New Zealand and Asia ex Japan, the report noted. Japan's primary sustainable investment strategy is corporate ...

IIRC to hold comment period to review first three years of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... groups are planned for Australia, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, the UK and the United States. Feedback can also be submitted online via the IIRC's website. Feedback is requested by April 30, 2017.

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Carbon Farming Initiative as a unique area of expertise that should be considered in markets like Europe and the United States. "[CFI] is the only scheme of its kind, in terms of models and have huge implications for agricultural investments for the ...

Vigeo Eiris upgrades three US companies on human rights criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... action against US President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from seven countries from entering the United States. Vigeo Eiris has upgraded the scores of Amazon, Expedia and Microsoft in the human rights domain, saying that by supporting ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Reynolds noted that given that US President Donald Trump had campaigned on increasing infrastructure spend in the United States, a robust framework for analysing ESG impacts of infrastructure investments would be a useful tool for those interested in ...