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Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... years. We know we're going to need a different skill set after 5 years Participants in the report's research identified climate change, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, technology and digitalisation and cyber security risk ...

Fidelity International to invest $150bn in net zero strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolio by 50% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The global fund manager has introduced an enhanced, engagement-led climate investing policy to support its net zero commitment, and has introduced a net zero methodology to guide the pathway, according ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... and granularity of the plan to underpin it." Dodwell based his analysis on his experience in the public service. As a climate change and environmental policy expert, Dodwell is responsible for managing Impax's engagement in the development of policy ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... market-based trading solutions for carbon credits is an area of intense interest at COP26. Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice, has pointed to potential developments in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement ...

Biodiversity goals a part of COP26 considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
As companies, investors and governments meet to discuss new climate targets at COP26, biodiversity-related commitments may be a key component to negotiations. One of the open questions for COP26 is the extent to which biodiversity and the commitments ...

ASX200 ESG reporting increases, but gaps remain: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... responsibility and lines of reporting from skilled management to the Board in areas as broad an environmental impact and climate change, risk management, human resources and diversity and inclusion." In other areas needing attention, less than half - ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... markets and how countries report on their emissions reductions progress. In Australia, the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has been dominated by Australia's announcement that the government will commit to net zero ...

"War for talent": ESG professionals in high demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... were men in the last three months. Companies across industrial sectors are hiring into ESG roles with particular focus on climate risk and net zero targets, Evans said. "Climate risk is front and centre," he said. "Organisations are looking at net zero ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... escalation of that has been enormous over the past 12 to 24 months. Certainly, it has something to do with COVID-19 and climate change - these are the key drivers." Gunn highlighted that global agricultural policy and climate change policy are going ...

CEFC allocates seed capital for lithium production technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... drew support from the US-based venture capital investor The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust's Neglected Climate Opportunities LLC. Novalith uses what is called LiCALTM technology to transform the lithium production process. The technology ...