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Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... has been identified as a "hard to abate" sector, meaning it has few cost-effective and readily available options to decarbonise. Aviation is a carbon-intensive mode of transportation, with Climate Action 100+ noting it accounts for around 2.5% of global ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the US rejoin the Paris Climate Accord in the next 30 days, signaling that the US will step up in its commitments to decarbonise its economy as with other participants. Former President Donald Trump had removed the US from the Paris Agreement. The return ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... understanding sector decarbonisation pathways, how should sectors such as steel, oil and gas, and the automotive industry decarbonise in terms of carbon intensity of products, per unit of cement or steel. What kind of technologies are part of that, what ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the top-performing funds against RMetrics' model having ethical charters or having made public commitments to decarbonise their portfolios over the coming decades. "We have ongoing discussions with clients depending on what stage they're at," ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... market anymore." Jackson noted that 70% of Australia's international trade was with countries that have set targets to decarbonise their economies by 2050, and said that the inquiry risks creating the perception that government views managing climate ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... What that means is that there's not enough public expenditure to invest in the economy to help the economy to decarbonise." If this situation persists, it puts Australian companies at a disadvantage to global peers, Wu noted. "It's worrying because ...

Superannuation funds accelerate climate action: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... companies in which they invest to disclose their climate risks. More recently, funds have begun asking companies to decarbonise through initiatives such as Climate Action 100+.? "In the last year, there has been an incredible acceleration in the development ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... property to help meet their ESG targets, the industrial property sector provides important opportunities to further decarbonise the economy." The CEFC noted that Australia has about 35 million square metres of industrial roof space - a largely untapped ...

Global stimulus an opportunity for sustainable investment: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Global post-COVID 19 stimulus packages present opportunities for outperformance of companies that are aligned with decarbonising the global economy, according to global fund manager Ninety One. Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager, Ninety One Deirdre Cooper ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... conference session covering finance's role in these issues, with coronavirus and its potential impacts on the push to decarbonise the global economy, a focus on water scarcity, Indigenous issues and gender equality a key point of discussion, but the ...