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Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... bank does not finance projects that generate large-scale greenhouse gas emissions, such as fossil fuel exploration, extraction, production and use. The AB + F Awards are for the Australian retail financial services sector, and cover the industry across ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... 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 on lending ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... scenario, the industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... with natural gas assets, and does not currently own any thermal coal companies or companies involved in coal seam gas extraction. UCA Funds Management does own shares in AGL and Origin Energy, but Walsh said that the companies' renewable energy assets ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... categories according to their exposure to fossil fuels. Tier 1 companies are "substantially involved in fossil fuel extraction" and included Woodside Petroleum, Origin Energy, Santos, Caltex, Oil Search, Beach Energy, Aurora Oil and Gas, Whitehaven Coal ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... with natural gas assets, and does not currently own any thermal coal companies or companies involved in coal seam gas extraction. UCA Funds Management does own shares in AGL and Origin Energy, but Walsh said that the companies' renewable energy assets ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... global carbon budget for coal was applied, Australian reserves are already more than double that amount, with more extraction planned, the report found. The Climate Change Authority is currently considering a national carbon budget, to be released later ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... noted. "But those reserves are built into stock prices, especially in Australia, given the concentration of mining and extraction companies. To address the long term impacts of climate change, there will need to be a short-term financial adjustment to ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... noted that industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... term basis for both pricing and regulation. "For every resource examined the overall trend is one of more expensive extraction and increasing prices," the report said. "In addition the environmental damage caused by the use of these resources is becoming ...