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Standard Life launches impact fund, appoints managers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... shifting the might of the capital market to change the world for the better. The world faces numerous challenges, from climate change and poverty, to inequality and pollution," Aberdeen Standard global head of stewardship and ESG investment Euan Stirling ...

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... long-term viability of the coal sector in Australia. Cbus and First State Super, working with the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and EY, prepared a report which outlines how the energy sector is gradually transitioning away from coal and where ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... Shareholders attempting to take the Commonwealth Bank to the Federal Court for historically failing to disclose climate change risks in its annual reports have withdrawn the claim. Legal correspondence between social justice group Environmental Justice ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... financial year, has partnered with the Climate Bonds Initiative to support its mission to mobilise the bond market for climate change solutions. "Commonwealth Bank has demonstrated best practice in pre-issuance preparation and certification, which has ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... Energy and NZ Oil and Gas. This, according to fund chief executive Adrian Orr, makes the fund more resilient to climate change investment risks such as stranded assets, and brings its focus on addressing climate change risk in line with current global ...

Environment to reshape real estate investment: LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... systems, market forces and governments recognising the need to involve the real estate sector in order to meet their climate change objectives," LaSalle head of research and strategy, Asia-Pacific Elysia Tse said. "There could be early-mover advantage ...

Cbus chief executive wins FEAL award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... Principles of Responsible Investment Council since 2009; is a member of the CEO Panel for the Investor Group on Climate Change; and is an AICD Investors Working Group member for the 30% Club, which campaigns for 30% of women on ASX 200 boards by the ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... vulnerable to legal action. "In our opinion, there is an inherent harmony between the financial effect associated with climate change risks and the cardinal requirement of a trustee to act in the best financial interests of beneficiary," the barristers ...

Industry super fund grows ESG team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... Chief executive Stephen Rowe said Vision Super is a signatory of the Paris Agreement and takes the risks posed by climate change seriously. He added the team was established to manage climate risk in investments and push for the policy changes at a national ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... they face and articulate the steps they are taking to address them." Pressure to increase company reporting on climate change risk has intensified this year following the G20 Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ...