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$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... operations. Investors would like to see more of the focus companies' climate transition plans, including setting short-term science-based targets and immediate emissions reductions with demonstrable progress towards coal phase out," Mikula-Wright said ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... AI practices. The discussion paper builds on the Rapid Research Report on Generative AI from the government's National Science and Technology Council. Accenture was a pioneer in the responsible use of technology, including the responsible use of AI in ...

Climate: debt rise, credit falls for 59 nations as early as 2030

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness was published in the journal of Management Science. Researchers created the world's first climate-adjusted sovereign credit rating aiming to "bridge the gap between climate science ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy's development, including in sustainable finance; whole-of-economy decarbonisation; climate and environmental science and policy; human rights; and Indigenous rights and perspectives. The taxonomy project is designed to provide a common standard ...

Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... invest in manufacturing projects cross seven priority investment areas - renewables and low emissions technologies; medical science; transport; value-add in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors; value-add in resources; defence capability ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... scientific integrity and policy relevance of IPCC assessment reports, and making the effective use of the best available science on climate change," Skea said "My actions as the chair of the IPCC will ensure that these ambitions are realized." This comes ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... London and think tank Carbon Tracker. The report calls widely used economic modelling "wildly out of step" with climate science. The report highlights Mercer, Aon Hewett and Hymans Robertson as relying on climate modelling that excludes this important ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the next quarter to fully account for the long-term and irremediable economic and social impacts if we don't respect the science." Research from ShareAction in June found the world's largest 77 asset managers are continuing to invest in companies that ...

IFM Investors certified by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and ensure consideration of emissions reduction targets as part of the supplier selection criteria," and set near-term, science-based aligned targets for the Scope 3 emissions category - Purchased Goods and Services - in 2024. IFM Investors used emissions ...

Suppliers on notice: Amazon to enforce emissions reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sellers since 2019. Walmart's Project Gigaton gives suppliers the option to set targets and have them validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI). Amazon will also help "select suppliers" transition to renewables. Walmart and Apple have ...

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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY
CareSuper hired an ESG specialist from a rival, while Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation appointed an executive director of effective philanthropy.

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is now the owner of renewable energy developer Island Green Power, scooping up the remaining 50% stake.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The International Sustainability Standards Board has proposed changes to requirements under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures.

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