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IFM hires ESG exec from Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... and UniSuper were part of a list of 10 institutional investors highlighted by the Investor Agenda for their work on climate risk. The Investor Agenda is comprised of seven investor groups - the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), CDP, Ceres ...

CDP to adopt ISSB climate standard from 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... global voluntary environmental disclosure platform. As of 2022, 18,700 companies reported data on carbon emissions, climate risk and management through DCP. The announcement by CDP and the IFRS Foundation, will accelerate the early adoption of IFRS S2 ...

Regulatory roundup on key sustainability developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... but also by considering the experience of the CVA participants and how their organisational approach to addressing climate risk has evolved." ASIC greenwashing investigations continue ASIC chair Joe Longo said the market regulator is currently investigating ...

APRA flags extension of climate vulnerability asssessment to super, insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... several decades in light of these risks, and the impact these management changes may have on the banks' sensitivity to climate risk." APRA will publish consolidated CVA results to underscore the importance of climate-related disclosure. "Keep the CVA ...

MAS sustainability adviser speaks to Sinagpore/Australian collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Finance is a great enabler of the transition to a net zero economy, but it requires cooperation between governments and investors as well as global collaboration between countries, according to the outgoing chief sustainability officer of the Monetary ...

Less than 20% of ASX200 disclose financial impacts of climate risk: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... transition period, but Stubbins noted that many companies are not ready for what ISSB standards on sustainability and climate risk would mean. "As a sector, financial services and the heavy emitters are leading the charge" Stubbins said. "Energy companies ...

Australia leads on climate risk coverage, but depth lacking: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Australian organisations are increasingly providing detailed climate risk disclosures but they lack depth and sophistication on financial impacts of climate change, according to EY. EY has released its fourth Global Climate Risk Disclosure Barometer ...

Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Mechanism is aligned with 1.5°C, and establish policies that unlock private sector investment in adaptation and include climate risk "in all relevant planning, land use rules, and direct investment policies." "Institutional investors have the capital ...

Fortescue Metals strengthens 2030 decarbonisation targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Fortescue's progress on emissions reductions. Setting goals aligned with the SBTi can be an indicator of stronger action on climate risk. SBTi in January published a progress report looking at 338 companies that had set science-based targets between ...

Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... of fixed income holdings by asset owners like super funds, and it is more challenging to engage on concerns like climate risk policy and physical and transition risk management because that involves speaking to governments, rather than individual companies. ...