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Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Macquarie's chief executive designate Shemara Wikramanayake has been named a commissioner for a global climate change initiative, alongside Bill Gates and Ban Ki-Moon. The Global Commission on Adaptation was launched at The Hague yesterday with ...

Nikko AM supports climate change agenda

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
The $310 billion asset manager is supporting global investor efforts to address climate change through The Investor Agenda. Nikko Asset Management (Nikko) said it was supporting efforts towards commitment to the four areas of impact under The Investor ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... updated the claim to allege Rest has failed to act in his best interests by not properly considering the risks climate change poses to its investments. "I thought my superannuation fund may not be doing enough on climate change. When I asked them for ...

Improve climate risk disclosure: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... regulator would monitor market practice of climate risk disclosure as it continued to develop both here and overseas. "Climate change is a foreseeable risk facing many listed companies in the Australian market in a range of different industries," Price ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... members' retirement." A global study by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. The report shows 63% of the world's largest pension ...

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. ...