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Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... deposits to directly lend to, buy equity or debt in, any large-scale greenhouse polluting activities from fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use," said Steve James, CEO Teachers Mutual Bank, at a recent conference in Melbourne. The policy ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... has published two papers discuss the issue, Assurance on : an introduction to the discussion, and Assurance on : an exploration of issues, and is hosting a series of forums around the world to consider the benefits and challenges of assurance on IR standards. ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Oil and Gas, AWE Limited, Beach Energy, Bathurst Resources, Buru Energy, Drillsearch Energy, Maverick Drilling and Exploration, Red Fork Energy, Sundance Energy Australia, Sino Gas and Energy Holdings, Senex Energy and Whitehaven Coal will be excluded ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... charter has been amended to exclude investment in companies that have more than a 20% exposure to mining thermal coal, exploration and development of oil sands, brown-coal coal-fired power generation, and transportation of oil from oil sands. "There ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Oil and Gas, AWE Limited, Beach Energy, Bathurst Resources, Buru Energy, Drillsearch Energy, Maverick Drilling and Exploration, Red Fork Energy, Sundance Energy Australia, Sino Gas and Energy Holdings, Senex Energy and Whitehaven Coal will be excluded ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... plays an important role in our industry", says David Mestres Ridge, CEO of S wala Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration company. Swala has exploration operations in the East African Rift System. According to its web site, Swala "currently holds ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... that the anti-CSG movement may transition to an anti-shale gas movement, and that as opposition to unconventional gas exploration has increased, there has been a decrease in "the traditional stakeholder channels with companies." This has meant that there ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... mentions by stakeholders. This surprised ACCSR, but the nature of the open-ended interview methodology did not permit exploration of why that might be so. "It's not a top of mind issue for key stakeholders, and I think companies need to do more to address ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... long-standing experience of the impacts of mining on the natural habitat. Around a quarter of the world's mines and exploration sites overlap protected areas. This risks associated with mines in proximity to protected areas is nothing new. But when it ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... companies' strategic responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according to a report by AXA Investment Managers' responsible investment team. Matt Christensen The ...