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NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... equities, based on its engagement and a B for proxy voting. "We believe that environmental, social and governance factors are material to long-term investment returns," said Adrian Orr, NZ Super Fund CEO. "Long-term investors such as the fund have a ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Reynolds told The Sustainability Report. "What we've been working on in a package of guidance documents as background material. A lot of what we do is collaborative engagements, but in this case, it's a matter of timing. We're developing a list of questions ...

New Climate Economy report tackles decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... integrated financial reports, while financial sector regulators and shareholders should require companies to disclose material carbon and environmental, social and governance factors. Many of these recommendations will, again, require governmental legislative ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... their reporting. The letter to the FRC emphasises that companies in the fossil fuel sector are facing considerable and material climate risks, and that factors including legislative and policy changes, and the growth of the low carbon sector need to ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... to future challenges. "The very fact that climate change has shifted from a environmental/ethical consideration to a material financial risk/return concern means that funds are going to have to reconsider whether their historical approach to this issue ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... sector analysis in this study as it is important to investor outcomes." Impacts to asset class returns could also be material, and vary widely depending on the climate change scenario. Mercer notes that a 2C scenario could see return benefits for emerging ...

Materiality reviews a source of strategic value: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility ACCSR recently wrote Reclaiming What's Material, a white paper outlining common pitfalls that organisations fall into when conducting materiality reviews. A materiality review ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... ACSI's evaluation of ASX200 companies' disclosures take on a new dimension this year, as new reporting guidelines for material ESG risks from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the ASX Corporate Governance Council will start ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure to economic, environmental and social sustainability risks and, if it does, how it manages or intends to manage those ...

AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... provide support. ClientEarth Barrister Elspeth Owens said that pension funds have a legal obligation to assess and manage material financial risks, including climate change. "Climate change is a serious financial risk for investors and could have a major ...