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Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... approximately US$31 billion is needed in 2020 to "shift the economy to a more sustainable path and achieve national emissions reduction targets." The report aims to drive greater engagement on the subject of green investment between project owners, developers ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... digitisation of the global economy and electronic payments." The fund focuses on long-term megatrends such as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability and is benchmarked to deliver returns over the the MSCI World Index over three months ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... plummeting costs from green technologies provide an "unprecedented" opportunity for Australia to achieve a net zero emissions economy by 2050 while supporting economic efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to ClimateWorks Australia. ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... record. The most prominent ESG consideration in equity markets today is the corporate contribution to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). In the same manner that insurance companies consider climate risks when underwriting insurance, equity investors increasingly ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Association (APPEA) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA). The second calls on both companies to set Paris-aligned emissions reductions targets, align capital expenditure with those targets, and incentivise executives to achieve those targets. ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... for improvement when we look at the data, and at how many of the companies report absolute reductions or increase in emissions, which at the end of the day is what we want to see." The report also found that Australia and New Zealand have the highest ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia, which includes recommendations for creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "Transitioning to a low-emissions ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) performance, CBA said. By meeting targets linked to Indigenous employment and reduced carbon emissions intensity, Wesfarmers will receive a margin discount on their loan. Conversely, material underperformance would trigger ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Beyond Ratings. "Governments are exposed to transition risk, which is measured by the distance to reach the modelled emissions needed to meet a 2 degree alignment, physical risk, which reflects the exposure to risks such as sea-level rises and extreme ...

Calix outlines case for carbon capture and storage in cement and lime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... certainly storage, will continue to be a major part of the policy and the planning moving forward." Calix is running the Low Emissions Intensity Lime and Cement (LEILAC) project, a European-Australian collaboration, which includes a consortium of some ...