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Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... catalyst for private-sector action, with ripple effects throughout our economies." The investor initiative has cited the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services which states that the sixth mass extinction of life on Earth ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... reducing carbon emissions and refrigeration leakage to 26% below 2015 levels.? The SBTi is a collaboration between the UN Global Compact, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), CDP and the World Resources Institute, designed to drive corporate climate ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... next five years, according to Northern Trust. Northern Trust has updated their capital market assumptions, forecasting global economic activity and financial market returns that inform the investment manager's asset allocation decisions. In addition ...

Solar financier to issue certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Bonds via subsidiary UBank. Australia's green finance places as of 30 June 2019 was $15.6 billion, 10th in cumulative global country rankings, 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region behind China (USD91.5bn) and Japan (USD12.4bn). Australia also stands out ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... importance. However, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions remain important considerations. Chopra noted that if a global price on carbon emissions is introduced, Asia-Pacific-based companies face outsized risk because of their reliance on fossil ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... marketplace"; for example, in May 2020, a MIT Sloan paper calculated that the degree of correlation (consensus) between five global ESG research firms' ranking of large companies on ESG matters was a mere 0.54 (with 1 representing perfect correlation) ...

Coles signs Queensland renewable energy deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the first major Australian retailer to commit to buying renewable energy through a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with global renewable power generation company Metka EGN, purchasing more than 70% of the electricity generated by three solar power plants ...

Chronos Sustainability appoints Arisa Kishigami

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... indices and ratings and client engagement programmes on stewardship and ESG integration. Kishigami writes regularly on global ESG issues and is also a principal facilitator between Japan and the rest of the world as a member of Japan Sustainable Investment ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... "Recent proposals support this. Investors are seeking to work with the government and these agencies to align investment with global trends away from fossil fuels and into future growth markets. "Institutional investors have little appetite to allocate ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... tropical cyclones, storms, hail and floods are becoming more frequent and intense in a warmer world - and the increase in global temperatures to date is already influencing these events and impacting communities now. "We can categorically see a detectable ...