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From the courtroom to the boardroom: climate change risks and remedies

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN, SANDY MAK  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
2021 will be seen as the year where international, environmental and market forces coalesced to bring climate change into sharp focus in Australian courtrooms and boardrooms. With the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) and UN Climate ...

SGX mandates TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Listed entities on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) will be required from 2022 to report on board diversity and climate related disclosures based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). SGX has announced that all issuers ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... forward with regulation. For example, APRA released a guide to help financial institutions manage the financial risks of climate change at the end of November. This came on top of existing guidelines to disclose such risks, and although both sets of ...

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 ...