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Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
A study of the world's 100 largest public pension funds has found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. A new report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project shows 63% ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... returns as critical components that inform the investment decisions. "We are now at a stage whereby issues such as climate change, human rights, corporate culture, diversity and a whole range of other important sustainability issues are right at the ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... member is taking a $50 billion superannuation fund to the Federal Court for failure to disclose its exposure to climate change risk and preventative actions. Mark McVeigh, a 23-year-old Rest member, is taking the fund to court over claims he is having ...

Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... needs to be accelerated urgently, starting with the phase out of fossil fuels," he said. Just last month, the 2018 Climate Change Performance Index saw Ireland ranked last among European Union states for its national climate change policy. Worldwide ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... managers has voted to sell $21 billion worth of investments in fossil fuels if the companies don't align to climate change goals by 2023. The Church of England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour of the decision, with three voters abstaining. ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... conduct culture reflects consumer expectations, that the physical assets of the company are being protected against climate change, that disruption in the workplace due to AI and technological advances and other such ESG risks are being managed. "Given ...

Pension fund becomes green lender

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Board (CPPIB) described the issuance of green bonds as a logical next step in its investment-focused approach to climate change. CPPIB's senior managing director and global head of capital markets and factor investing, Poul Winslow said: "We are pleased ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... roles; the persisting global infrastructure gap - particularly in emerging markets - and threats to growth posed by climate change. "Climate change, gender inequality and the infrastructure gap are all significant global problems that need collective ...

Aussie CEOs understand ESG risks: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... policymakers. "Australian policymakers need to note that nearly half of our CEOs have pointed to environmental and climate change risks as serious threats to their organisations' growth prospects - this is appreciably more than their counterparts ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... McKibben said. "This happened because ordinary people decided they didn't want their retirement funds fuelling climate change," he added. Future Super manages more than $350 million on behalf of 11,000 members has financed about 84,150 new solar panel ...