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What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... most super funds and fund managers talk about increased engagement through bodies like Climate Action 100+, the Investor Group on Climate Change and others, and talk about making investments towards companies that are either implementing strategies to ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... trade will be with countries that have committed to decarbonization by mid-century, noted Emma Herd, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). "The thing that has escalated so quickly here is the fast-evolving climate policies that we see across ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... is happening in Australia, it is less than it could be because it is flowing offshore. He cited modelling by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) that shows $43 billion less investment in low carbon solutions out to 2025 because of current policy ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... strategy continues the existing engagement with Qantas, noted Laura Hillis, director of Climate Action 100+ at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). "It doesn't change the nature of engagement, it will continue with the engagement priorities and ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... place. "We are focussed on the steps we can take now and in the future to create a more resilient Australia." The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is a supporting institution of the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment and a member of the ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... trade will be with countries that have committed to decarbonization by mid-century, noted Emma Herd, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). "For Australia, our trade is directly impacted by the decarbonisation drive in a big way," Herd said. ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... industries were still a significant part of the Australian economy and employment. Erwin Jackson, policy director at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said the group welcomed the inquiry. "IGCC more than welcomes engaging with parliament to ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Americas and Asia. The DWS ESG Advisory Board members are Peter Damgaard Jensen, chairman of the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the main European investor body focused on climate change. He is also former CEO of the Danish Pension ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... globally and further progress that can be achieved as it evolves," said Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change, and member of the Climate Action 100+ global steering committee. "We look forward to all signatories ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia, the Australian Banking Association, the Insurance Council or the Investor Group on Climate Change, but will be informed by those groups, he adds. "The intention is to establish that permanently, constituted ...