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Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious are ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing to work with governments to enact carbon pricing reforms. ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... they lay out some ways in which governments can facilitate more green investment. The statement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit to be held on Tuesday. "There is a significant gap between the amount of capital that will be required to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... approached Baghdad, the Iraqi prime minister fired several top security commanders and Iraq's representative to the United Nations described the current upheaval as Iraq's "biggest threat to its sovereignty and territorial integrity" in years. In economic ...

ASX considers UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has said it is 'considering the progress' of the United Nations' 'Sustainable Stock Exchanges' (SSE) initiative, following news that the London Stock Exchange has become the tenth exchange to sign up to the program. ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... alternative energy investments, such as its stakes in US wind turbine maker Ogin. Mr Whineray said KKR is a signatory to United Nations-backed principles for responsible investment, and that the mandate gives the fund the ability to manage and measure ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... it begins to look like a farce. The power to impose international sanctions and/or military action lies with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). However, according to Wikipedia, "Under Article 27 of the UN Charter, Security Council decisions ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... career. She worked for the United States Army in Sydney during World War II and, once the war was over, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). She then went on to work for Liberal Federal Member of Parliament, John Howse ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... the ethical implications of their existing PE investment may be to engage with these PE firms, as proposed by the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment. This essentially involves subjecting PE investment to the same standards ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... consider how LUCRF can best act to protect its members and make a constructive contribution to the environment. "The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) instruct investors to take active ownership and to work together to collectively ...