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Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... report assesses the funds against the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, with the AODP saying the lack of strategy and disclosure could amount to a breach of fiduciary duty to members. As part of the report, funds ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... that "governments will continue to dick around on the issue, so our belief is that investment should drive the change." The AODP consults with the top 500 asset owners in the world - comprising large pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... superannuation funds have received AAA ratings for their climate change risk management from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project's (AODP) 2016 benchmark index, The Global Climate 500 Index. Local Government Super and Australian Super maintained AAA ratings ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... executive incentives; and public policy positions relating to climate change. Meanwhile, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has launched the Global Climate Asset Manager Index - a set of indices that will rate the world's top 50 asset managers ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... managing climate change risk, along with three other top superannuation funds in Australia, an Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) global survey revealed. REST, Telstra Super, Super SA, Asgard and GESB also received the lowest possible rating among ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... sustainable investment practices and maintained its AAA rating as part of the Climate Institute's Asset Owner's Disclosure Project (AODP). This project assesses how 458 of the world's biggest investors, including many pension funds, are managing the ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... investors can assess their position in relation to environmental issues, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). The independent, not-for-profit organisation's stated aim is to protect members' retirement savings from the risks posed ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... caused by climate change. The $6.5 billion Local Government Super fund topped the list and scored a triple-A rating in the AODP index for its performance on five measures of managing climate risk, including transparency to members, low-carbon investments ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... investment dangers of Climate Change are now being ignored, said Dr John Hewson, chairman of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and Shartru Capital. Through AOPD Hewson, a former leader of the Australian Liberal Party and Reserve Bank economist ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Owners Disclosure Project, the $75 billion fund claimed it suffered "resource constraints." Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) Chair Dr John Hewson and former leader of the Liberal Party said: "It is quite extra-ordinary that Australia's largest ...
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