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Upcoming events

  • Conference of Major Superannuation Funds 2010

    • March 15, 2010
    • 10:20 AM
    • March 17, 2010
    • 03:30 PM
    • Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Cnr Merivale & Glenelg Streets, Brisbane

    Climate change highlights:

    Monday 15th March:

    • Workshop: The economics of reducing Australian green house gas emissions

    Nathan Fabian, CEO Investor Group on Climate Change

    Tuesday 16th March:

    • Post Copenhagen

    Mark Fulton, Global Head of Climate Change Investment Research, DB Climate Change Advisors


    Welcome to CMSF 2010 - the next 20 years

    Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST)

    2010 is shaping up to be a crucial year for superannuation with the Government set to respond to both the Henry and Cooper Reviews and prepare for an election.

    What will the reviews mean both for members retirement outcomes and the superannuation industry?

    As we prepare for our next 20 years, how can we ensure the best parts of our system from the previous 20 years are retained?

    CMSF 2010 will deal with all the key issues. This is one conference, you can't afford to miss.

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  • Climate Policy Post Copenhagen

    • March 18, 2010
    • 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
    • Thomas Keneally Room, Sydney Harbour, Marriott

    Climate Policy Post Copenhagen

    The Climate Debate - A Reality Check

    Despite the current paralysis surrounding climate policy in Australia, broad based scientific evidence supports the urgent need to reduce global levels of anthropengic emissions. Four global experts from the fields of policy/ diplomacy, science, law and technological solutions will come together to address key aspects of the climate change debate.

    Panel: Nick Otter
    CEO, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
    Robert Hill
    Chairman Carbon Trust and Adjunct Professor in Sustainability at Sydney University
    Graeme Pearman
    Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
    Martijn Wilder (Moderator)
    Head of Global Environmental Markets Practice, Baker & McKenzie

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  • CDP Workshop - Sydney

    • March 22, 2010
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Goldman Sachs JBWere Level 42 Governor Philip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
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    The CDP is supported by more investors in Australia and Internationally than any other climate change related reporting mechanism and the Investor Group on Climate Change is pleased to continue its association. This year a number of changes will be introduced to the way the project operates in Australia and New Zealand. These changes follow feedback from reporting companies and incorporate practices that are followed by CDP internationally.
     
    Changes to CDP this year include:
    • Increased scoring transparency - the process for scoring the submissions of Australian and New Zealand companies will now follow the CDP rating methodology. This framework will shortly be available in detail on the CDP website.

    • Feedback on how your company performed - the CDP rating scores will be published for the first time for all leading disclosers (Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index). This will bring the Australian / New Zealand CDP report into line with the Global 500 report and reports in most markets including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan and Europe. Note that companies that are not included in the CDLI will not have their scores published, but all responding companies will receive feedback in the form of a score-breakdown.

    • A focus on carbon performance as well as disclosure - this year carbon performance scores will be generated for all responding companies. The scores will be used to generate a Carbon Performance Leaders Index, but in this transition year, the scores of constituents of the Carbon Performance Index will not be published.  This will change in future years after consultations with reporting companies.
    To provide assistance with your CDP response and fully explain these changes, a series of workshops will be held for reporting companies. All company representatives and their advisors are welcome to attend these events.

    Please contact us with any inquiries.
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  • CDP Workshop - Melbourne

    • March 24, 2010
    • 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Goldman Sachs JBWere Lvl 17, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne
    Register
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    The CDP is supported by more investors in Australia and Internationally than any other climate change related reporting mechanism and the Investor Group on Climate Change is pleased to continue its association. This year a number of changes will be introduced to the way the project operates in Australia and New Zealand. These changes follow feedback from reporting companies and incorporate practices that are followed by CDP internationally.
     
    Changes to CDP this year include:
    • Increased scoring transparency - the process for scoring the submissions of Australian and New Zealand companies will now follow the CDP rating methodology. This framework will shortly be available in detail on the CDP website.

    • Feedback on how your company performed - the CDP rating scores will be published for the first time for all leading disclosers (Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index). This will bring the Australian / New Zealand CDP report into line with the Global 500 report and reports in most markets including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan and Europe. Note that companies that are not included in the CDLI will not have their scores published, but all responding companies will receive feedback in the form of a score-breakdown.

    • A focus on carbon performance as well as disclosure - this year carbon performance scores will be generated for all responding companies. The scores will be used to generate a Carbon Performance Leaders Index, but in this transition year, the scores of constituents of the Carbon Performance Index will not be published.  This will change in future years after consultations with reporting companies.
    To provide assistance with your CDP response and fully explain these changes, a series of workshops will be held for reporting companies. All company representatives and their advisors are welcome to attend these events.

    Please contact us with any inquiries.
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  • ACSI Annual Conference 2010

    • May 20, 2010
    • May 20, 2010
    • Sofitel, Collins Street, Melbourne

    ACSI Annual Conference 2010

    Save the date - The ACSI Annual Conference

    The ACSI Annual Conference will be held on Thursday the 20th of May at the Sofitel on Collins Street in Melbourne

    More details to follow shortly...
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  • 2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference

    • June 29, 2010
    • July 01, 2010
    • Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

    2010 International Climate Change Adaptation Conference

    Climate Adaptation Futures

    Preparing for the unavoidable imapcts of climate change

    Co-hosted by Australia's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, this conference will be one of the first international forums to focus solely on climate impacts and adaptation.  It will bring together scientists and decision makers from developed and developing countries to share research approaches, methods and results.  It will explore the way forward in a world where impacts are increasingly observable and adaptation actions are increasingly required.

    The Climate Adaptation Futures Conference will showcase leading impacts and adaptation research from around the world.  It will explore the contribution of adaptation science to planning and policy making, and how robust adaptation decision making can proceed in the face of uncertainty about climate change and its impacts.

    The coordination of the Conference Programme has been led by an International Steering Committee of world leaders in the field of climate change adaptation

    Abstracts must be received by Friday 5 February 2010.

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