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Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... organisations that haven't been doing climate reporting and will now be required." AICD partnered with Deloitte and MinterEllison to develop the guide. MinterEllison partner and head of climate and sustainability risk governance Sarah Barker noted ...

ISSB standards do not introduce increased risk for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Hartford-Davis and Noel Hutley SC, which confirmed that directors have a duty to consider and manage climate risk. MinterEllison acted as instructing solicitors on both the Hutley Opinions and the current brief. "The legal advice is clear that, while ...

ASIC trains sights on IPO net zero statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... grounds on which to base their future action, said Sarah Barker, partner and head of climate risk governance at MinterEllison. "When you're looking at a net zero target, it's inherently not only a statement of present intention but a future matter," ...

Companies have duty to act on climate conclusions of IPCC report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... pathways to achieve sufficient decarbonisation to cap global warming to less than 2°C have also moved, Herd said. MinterEllison partner and head of climate risk governance Sarah Barker noted that company directors and executives need to understand ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... SIS Act for members to remove an individual director from the board of a trustee, said Maged Girgis, a partner at MinterEllison. APRA grants an RSE licence to a trustee to act as the trustee for a registrable superannuation entity. Directors are appointed ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... and company directors have ample legal basis for making forward-looking statements related to climate risk, said MinterEllison partner and head of climate risk governance Sarah Barker. "Uncertainty paralysis is a common issue," Barker said. "There is ...

Investors confident in Australian renewables sector: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... outlook for Australian renewables, with state and territory programs to stimulate renewable energy, according to MinterEllison. MinterEllison has published the Australian Renewables Report 2021, which surveyed the opinions of 100 renewable energy investors ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... likely to halt regulatory and investor expectations around corporate progress on climate change risk, according to MinterEllison. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter Ellison Lawyers MinterEllison recently analysed the impact of COVID-19 ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... credentials, emerging in both commercial lending and residential mortgages in Europe. Barker is special counsel at MinterEllison, and research affiliate at the University of Oxford. "The other side of fiduciary duties is that there are many other fiduciary ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... who do not effectively consider changing risk and return impacts such as climate change, according to lawyers at MinterEllison. Maged Girgis, partner, MinterEllison Members of the Arch Coal Inc Employee Thrift Plan have filed suit against the pension ...
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