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Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... joined a number of international investors backing Mercer's new study of the investment risks and returns under climate change scenarios. Mercer said the study would be "framed by several plausible climate scenarios with distinctive economic and market ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... statement, which was developed by a group of investor groups including the Australian and New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), said. "For example, while current investments in clean energy alone are approximately $250 billion per year ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Sheikh said Future Super stemmed from what he perceived as growing frustration with the government's inaction on climate change. "For the first time, Future Super provides Australians with the opportunity to take one of the most powerful actions in fighting ...

Liddell departs Russell Advisory Services

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... joined Russell in 2009, after working at QIC and Mercer. Liddell is currently working with the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) on a number of projects, including the upcoming UN Secretary-General's summit on climate change.

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... as board governance and employee engagement, nominated papers also got specific: it looked at BHP Billiton and climate change and one analysed selling activities by directors. With Frontier and Mercer Investment Consulting among the asset consultants ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... the gathering momentum of fossil fuel divestment campaigns and consulting a number of our supporters, it is clear climate change is an important issue to many retail and institutional investors". Fossil fuels have generally not made it onto the screening ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... gambling. "Increasingly, responsible investors also want their portfolios to mirror their views on the need to address climate change. "Under the terms of the charter, most companies with material fossil fuel exposure are already excluded. However, we ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... Super and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. The Green Bond is intended to help those countries likely to be hit hardest by climate change move to a path of low-carbon development. The money goes to projects that mitigate climate change and that help countries ...

Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... companies are encouraged to improve their ethical behaviour across a number of issues, including human rights and climate change Prior to joining the St James Ethics Centre in 2011, Palmer worked in law, finance and investment, including as partner at ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... Financial Review, in which he advocated introducing such a screen ahead of yesterday's board meeting. "We do consider climate change as a major risk, and we're looking at ways that we can continue to manage that risk," Hartnett told Financial Standard. ...