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Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... notes that deforestation related to those four commodities account for approximately 10-15% of total greenhouse gas emissions. The global forests report analyses responses from 152 companies from around the world, including Asia Pulp & Paper, Cargill ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive, and there is wider, increased interest in investing in short-term cash vehicles that come from banking institutions ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... programs. The portfolio has a diverse mix of investments - 62% represent renewables, 30% in energy efficiency and 8% in low emissions technologies, said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO, in the CEO's report. "We have demonstrated our effectiveness as an active ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... reporting framework focuses on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions. The new draft framework also covers fossil fuels, water stewardship and forest commodities, CDSB said. It has also been ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... threshold, LGS said at the time. Regulations and legislation are changing the way companies and asset owners report on carbon emissions and exposures to future carbon emission liabilities, and more than 30 countries have a price on carbon emission, said ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... with support from the Palmer United Party and independent senators. The centrepiece funding mechanism for DAP is the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Thee DAP and ERF will establish a baseline and credit scheme and liable entities will have to keep their ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... leaders include BMW, Samsung Electronics and Unilever, and climate performance leaders have reduced their total (absolute) emissions by 33 million metric tons in the past reporting year, "equivalent to around nine months of greenhouse gas emissions from ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australia could achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 "without structural changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... sectors, Mercer said. In the 2011 study, Mercer modeled four scenarios including a robust mitigation response to carbon emissions by the international community. Under that scenario, the industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... tools to measure and manage portfolio exposure to carbon-related risks. MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics data uses current carbon emissions data disclosed by companies and makes estimates for those that do not disclose based on industry information and proprietary ...