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Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The transition risks of climate change are being underestimated in their impacts on government bond yields and investors need to pay more attention to how transition risk will impact the liquidity and stability of sovereign debt markets, according to ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report, detailing the $108 billion super fund's progress towards its net zero 2050 target and activities around climate ...

Podcast: Managing climate and sustainability megatrends with Terence Jeyaretnam

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode of The Greener Way, we speak with Terence Jeyaretnam, EY's APAC leader and partner for climate change and sustainability. Jeyaretnam explains how a career that started as an environmental engineer led him to develop his expertise ...

BlackRock continues renewable infrastructure investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... New Zealand to 100,000 households and drive them into international markets," said Charlie Reid, Asia-Pacific co-head of climate infrastructure, BlackRock. "It will sit alongside the other portfolio businesses as part of our global renewable power strategy." ...

NZ Super Fund shifts $25 billion to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... companies that the fund owns directly. The NZ$57 billion fund in June began to roll over its indices to the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned Index, with the new benchmark taking effect on 1 July ...

Responsible investments top $1.54 trillion in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... in to improve their performance, asking questions around ESG issues and how those risks are managed, in particular on climate," said RIAA executive manager, programs Estelle Parker. "That comes across in the work we do at RIAA too. So much of the working ...

Cbus names new head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... portfolio approach to managing ESG investment risks and opportunities. This includes embedding the ongoing goals in Cbus' Climate Roadmap aimed at safeguarding members' savings from climate related risks and ongoing uplift in integration, stewardship ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... APAC-based companies are facing a top-down push from further up in the supply chain across a range of issues including climate change, wage parity, gender diversity, health and safety, remuneration reporting, governance, and compliance. This requires ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
APRA chair Wayne Byres flagged that the results of the climate vulnerability assessment (CVA) of the country's five largest banks are expected to be released "in a month or two." Byres highlighted that climate change is a disruptive risk in a speech ...

Glencore faces greenwashing allegations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Declare and Lock the Gate Alliance, has lodged a complaint with ACCC and ASIC against Glencore's misleading claims on climate impact and its behaviour towards Traditional Owners under the Corporations Act 2001. The EDO alleges that there is no evidence ...