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Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Super accepts the science of climate change, and that has led the fund to develop plans to transition to a low carbon economy in future. "We haven't divested," Wyrsch said. "The issue we have with divestment generally is that it is partisanship. When ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... The Oliver Wyman and Mercer team will work on transition risks associated with different scenarios for decarbonising the economy. In addition, Acclimatise, a UK-based climate change advisory and analytics company, is also involved in the project and ...

Willis Towers Watsons joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... and green bonds through three paths: "work to shift investment to rapidly delivering a low-carbon and climate resilient economy; participate in designing the market; contribute new ideas for structuring to policy measures and market design; and engage ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... also pursues restoration/conservation projects and seeks to leverage timber products as a contributor to the growing bio-economy, including replacements, a shift in resource use and production that includes "replacement of fossil-based energy, fuels ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... investor. "Increasing the amount of renewable energy generation in our electricity mix is essential for the Australian economy to achieve net zero emissions in the second half of the century," said Monique Miller, CEFC large-scale solar lead. "Our investment ...

First State Super joins Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... "We are committed to investing in ways that provide sustainable returns to our members and make a positive impact on the economy, the environment and the communities in which our members live, work and retire," said First State Super CEO Michael Dwyer. ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The "weight of money" is driving the transition to a low carbon economy, and "commercial imperatives such as investment, innovation and reputational factors, is increasingly driving that shift, rather than scientists or policymakers," according to Geoff ...

Stakeholder engagement a key factor in structuring M&A: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Services leader. "One is an increasingly optimistic outlook. About 72% of respondents have said that they feel the global economy is improving, double this time last year. The second is the need for a compelling, inclusive growth narrative. We think ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... sector, including EV, autonomous vehicles and the advent of Transport as a Service (TaaS) and how they roll out across an economy. Behyad Jafari, CEO of the Electric Vehicle Council noted that it will take both private investment and government policy ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... justifying the case for ESG-management techniques on how to use the tools to allocate capital and shape the future Australian economy. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO These are the themes that will be explored in next weeks' Responsible Investment Association ...