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Integrating just transitions into climate calculations: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... vision." There is an increasing focus on integrating social and human rights considerations into strategies to mitigate climate risk and seek opportunities. Last week, KPMG and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) released a guide ...

CBA announces $250 in green financing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Repurchase Agreement (Green Repo) with Northern Trust. The repo transaction is the world's first transaction certified by Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). It provides funding to finance or refinance green-labelled assets such as energy efficient buildings ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... miner Evolution Mining is implementing sustainability action related to a net zero target, while also citing water usage, climate risks and social license to operate as key material issues. Evolution Mining, which recently retained their ranking in the ...

Bringing a human rights lens to climate risk considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Investors must integrate the human rights impacts of climate change when addressing climate change risk in their portfolio, according to a new guide by KPMG and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). KPMG and RIAA have issued Human ...

BlueScope, Shell to collaborate on renewable hydrogen projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... accelerating progress towards a net-zero emissions future." The collaboration is part of BlueScope's previously announced climate investment program of up to $150 million over the next five years.

COP26 outcomes means increased focus on physical risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The result of COP26 means a continuation of current work to manage climate risk, with an increased focus on the physical risks that will come over the next decades, according to PGIM. The latest Nationally Determined Contributions - the voluntary commitments ...

FSI unlocks green finance for unlisted infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... the green tranche will activate exclusively to fund projects and assets necessary for the transition to a low carbon and climate resilient economy. The facility provides bridge funding, pending drawdown from the fund's institutional investors. As part ...

APRA releases guidance on climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its final prudential practice guide on climate change financial risks. Noting that climate risks extend to all sectors of the economy, APRA noted in Prudential Practice Guide CPG 229 ...

Super funds that invest responsibly draw market share: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... outcomes," said RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor. "We've seen quite a strong step-up in areas including the fact that at 92% of funds, climate risk is now a board level risk to manage." The RIAA survey found that 92% of funds indicated that climate risk is actively ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... stakeholders manager Edwina Clowes noted that collective action across the meat industry can lead to significant action on climate. In 2017, MLA set a 2030 carbon neutral target. Clowes explained that to date, the meat and livestock industry has reduced ...