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Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... look as to how environmental and social exposures relate to their fiduciary duties, noted Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader. "Far more companies are considering what these global megatrends are - population, geo-political ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference is widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
In the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is reference to the concept that co-benefits of adaptation efforts can contribute to mitigation, which experts believe can open new pathways for ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... have made commitments to support the further development of green bonds as part of the activity needed to achieve climate change goals arising form the Paris Climate Summit (COP21). Twenty seven global investors have signed the PGBS (PGBS), undertaking ...

Assessing net benefits of Indigenous CFI projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... with Allens. Emily Gerrard, Allens Arthur Robinson Emily Gerrard, a senior associate and co-head of the Allens Climate Change Group, has pointed to savanna burning, which is a traditional activity carried out by Indigenous landowners, as an example in ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... commitment to drive investment in sustainable commercial buildings in South Australia, according to the office of Climate Change Minister Ian Hunter. Environmental upgrade finance agreements are agreements between a building owner, local council and ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... economy. Ambachtsheer said that one of the key themes for funds is that tracking future risks like the impacts of climate change will require a new set of tools and strategies by funds and managers. "There are a number of specific things we're doing ...

AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... rainforest protection." AXA IM believes that the decarbonisation of the global economy is underway, with the Paris Climate Change Summit (COP21) a part of the roadmap. "We are not expecting a carbon price to be established out of the COP 21, but we do ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... officers around the world that I've met who have said, listen I'd love to invest in some strategies that address climate change, and in fact I recycle, I ride my bike to work, I'm a member of my local world wildlife fund, but you have to understand that ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Responding to climate change is not only a global policy initiative, and a risk factor, but companies' climate change data and responses can be used as a mark of operational and management quality, according to research from BlackRock. Dr Joanna Nash ...