sustainability

Manager Relationships

Cbus benchmarks managers on climate risk

The $32.5 billion Australian superannuation fund has set emissions targets for portfolios and incorporated TCFD disclosure rules as it makes climate risk management a factor in awarding mandates.

October 30, 2018

Stanford 2018

Time for a carbon tax: George Shultz

Economics professor George Shultz told delegates a revenue-neutral carbon tax would have corporate support and would be effective, during a discussion of US and global climate policy.

Sarah RundellOctober 4, 2018

Stanford 2018

Disruptive renewables evolving faster

The pace of innovation in renewables has gone from incremental to rapid in recent years, fuelled by improvements in cost and performance. This has made ideas like solar truly disruptive at last.

Sarah RundellOctober 4, 2018

PRI in Person

PRI focused on commitment to task

As the 2018 PRI in Person conference begins, the prospect of recovering fossil fuel prices adds urgency to the organisation’s efforts to expand – and to keep current members on task.

Sarah RundellSeptember 13, 2018

Opinion

LGPS should embrace impact investing

LGPS funds have objectives aligned with many of the social issues that impact investing targets. This should make the trend popular within the scheme, once decision-makers are properly informed.

Karen ShackletonAugust 13, 2018

Deforestation gets the chop

Heightened awareness of the role of rain forests in global supply chains, and of the related risks, has led many large investors to join initiatives calling for an end to destruction of woodlands.

Aarti RamachandranAugust 7, 2018

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