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VicSuper PM jumps for industry fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... VicSuper and wish her all the best in her new role." Prior to her role at VicSuper, Farrant worked as a director of climate change and sustainability services at EY. She also held several senior roles with sustainability consultant Net Balance Management ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... spotlight." Melville said she expects to see the allocation of capital grow in importance, especially with respect to climate change. "The funds that can integrate these issues into their beliefs framework, leverage tools to build portfolios that incorporate ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... those unskilled jobs where we have had a lot of extra supply." Rounding off her talk, Wood said she hopes to see climate change considered by the government as a long-term economic risk. "Quite frankly, the government, by not looking at climate change ...

Climate risk should be integral to business: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Companies increasingly need to understand climate change risks affecting their businesses if they wish to remain competitive, according to the Governance Institute of Australia. Governance Institute chief executive Megan Motto said it found that nine ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... said investments in infrastructure, human capital, energy production and distribution and measures to deal with climate change and its effects are high on the list. "Businesses, as well as governments across Australia are addressing these areas and it ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... governance matters for many years, we see that shareholder value is increasingly being driven by issues such as climate change, labour practices, and consumer product safety," the letter said. "We believe that addressing material ESG issues is good business ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... to the tourism industry; we don't know what it will do to infrastructure assets such as airports, airlines." Climate change, Costello warned, was a longer-term risk, now shadowed by the global threat of the virus. Meanwhile, independent financial ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... Related Disclosures (TCFD) report, identifying the risks and opportunities for its members' savings stemming from the climate change crisis. NGS Super was among the top five funds for three-year risk-adjusted returns, to September end, according to Rainmaker. ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... disposal of products is no longer sustainable. "This will become non-negotiable in a world where resources are finite and the climate emergency is pressing," the report said. "In a linear model, the impact of waste caused by business processes and product ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... Estate did note that the 2019-2020 budget reduced funding to National Parks, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Climate Change Authority." Morrison's cash splash, and more, if required, would go a long way towards the recovery from the bushfire, even ...