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Mercer clients gain carbon tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... provide an indication and analysis of their subsequent carbon footprint. "[It] means clients can now raise carbon and climate change issues with their investment managers when discussing performance and monitor their carbon exposure as part of their ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... - even before he enters the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, climate change and the economic and financial crisis, among others, have demeaned America's standing in the eyes of the world. Perhaps we can. ...

EAI merges with PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... investment returns by assessing the impact of extra financial issues (EFIs), which include corporate governance and climate change, on the company and its performance. EAI's membership includes US based CalSTRS, UK based BT Pension Scheme and locally ...

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
While the financial services industry acknowledges the significant long term risks posed by climate change, there are still tremendous gaps between rhetoric and reality of what investors are doing about it, reveals a major study just released by Finsia. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... hold its annual general meeting in Perth. Ellerston Capital Ltd will hold a general meeting in Sydney. In Sydney, Climate Change Review head Professor Ross Garnaut will address the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on "Australia in a low ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... Affairs hosts the 2008 Harold Clough Lecture, with Professor Aynsley Kellow speaking on "The Politics and Science of Climate Change - The Wrong Stuff". Yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index leapt 194.1 points, or 4.22 per cent to 4,794.6, while the ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... stronger stewardship. Investor collaboration can work and deliver results, we've seen it with the PRI," he said. "Climate change and instability cannot be left to governments, we have a duty to be part of the solution, rather than just be a part of the ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... largest weightings. To be included on the index, companies must meet FTSE's criteria across environmental practices, climate change mitigation, countering bribery, upholding human and labour rights and appropriate chain labour standards. The index' inclusion ...

Grow returns with timber

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... greenhouse gases caused by deforestation, planting and preserving forests is probably the most efficient way to combat climate change." The Timber Fund follows the launch of other specialist funds across biotechnology, water, clean energy and digital ...

Climate change funds tick all the boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... creates supply bottlenecks. We expect price growth of up to 20 per cent per annum because of this." Peers said climate change funds that combine water funds for beta and alternative energy funds for alpha can substitute for traditional investments already ...