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World Halfway to Dangerous Warming as Temperatures Hit Record

Saturday November 28 2015 07:44 p.m. 0 comments
The planet is halfway to dangerous levels of global warming, with the average temperature for 2015 set to eclipse last year’s record, the United Nations said.

Investing in a Sustainable World

Friday November 20 2015 10:20 p.m. 0 comments
Speech to Responsible Investment Association Australasia conference, Auckland, 17 November 2015
In 13 days' time leaders from around the world will arrive in Paris to strike a deal that will attempt to take our planet from the precipice.

It is the 21st time that the world has gathered to attempt to make progress addressing the threat of climate change.

Many Oil Giants Should Go Ex-Growth, Cancel New Projects: 'Carbon Bubble' Author

Friday November 20 2015 09:55 p.m. 0 comments
Many oil companies should stop wasting money on new extraction projects as fossil fuels are going to become "unburnable" in the future, says Mark Campanale, founder and executive director of the London-based Carbon Tracker Initiative. He spoke with Bloomberg Brief's Siobhan Wagner on Nov. 11 about the concept of stranded assets and the upcoming UN climate change talks in Paris. Comments have been edited and condensed.

Energy puts pension funds in tricky spot

Wednesday November 18 2015 10:57 a.m. 0 comments
One of the architects of the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund says pension plans face increasingly complex decisions over responsible investment, particularly in energy.

How Wide Is the Gender-Pay Gap? U.K. Companies Will Have to Say

Friday November 13 2015 07:31 a.m. 0 comments
Four years ago, almost 300 British companies signed up for a voluntary program that included a pledge to publish data on the difference between average pay for male and female employees.
Only five released the information.
Soon, they’ll likely have no choice.

Firms Don't Supply Enough Long-Term Data: Report

Friday November 13 2015 07:24 a.m. 0 comments
Companies should scrap quarterly earnings forecasts and instead provide more information helpful to long-term investors, a new report suggests.

Younger Investors Concerned More by Environmental Damage Than Returns

Monday November 9 2015 09:02 p.m. 0 comments
Fifty-one percent of investors aged between 18 and 24 want to invest their money in ways that minimize environmental damage, according to a survey by Standard Life Investments. Only 38 percent of polled investors aged 55 or over felt the same way.

University invests in fossil fuels

Sunday October 25 2015 06:26 a.m. 0 comments
Yesterday the University of Auckland was publicly called out for not divesting from fossil fuels and other harmful industries in a mock 'Unethical Stock Market' held in the University quad, in front of disapproving students.

Millennials demanding responsible investments

Sunday October 25 2015 06:21 a.m. 0 comments
Millennials are seeking to invest in companies that achieve positive social outcomes, with 48 per cent affiliating with a form of principles-led investment, says Standard Life Investments.

Why we (Australian Ethical) don’t invest in Coles or Woolworths

Tuesday October 13 2015 04:02 p.m. 0 comments
Even something as seemingly innocuous as the Woolies around the corner can have a negative impact on the things you care about. But that doesn’t mean writing off all supermarkets says Australian Ethical’s head of ethics, Dr Stuart Palmer.

A copy of Jonathan Neal's Primary Disclosure Statement is available here.

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