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Emmi launches Carbon Intelligence platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... peers and benchmarks. "Most investors aren't climate experts, but they realise they have to invest and understand climate risk in the same context as any other risk," Emmi CEO Michael Lebbon. "It's like credit risk, inflation risk, interest rate ...

Net zero targets shift investments, narrative for funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... UniSuper set a net zero target in 2020, and h as updated its members on progress towards that goal in its most recent climate risk report. In 2015, Aware Super started the process that culminated in e Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan (CCPTP) ...

ISSB launches draft sustainability disclosure standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... companies provide material information on all their sustainability risks and opportunities - not just disclosures on climate risk, although there are specific requirements on climate disclosures," said ISSB vice chair Sue Lloyd. "The objective here is ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... coin." Measuring biodiversity destruction and impacts is far more complicated than measuring carbon emissions or climate risk, said Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. "There are going to be some ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... require companies to disclose in ways that would enable investors to understand those aspects of the registrants' climate risk management. "I am pleased to support today's proposal because, if adopted, it would provide investors with consistent, comparable ...

RBA deputy governor to join Fortescue Future Industries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia. Debelle also warned while there has only been "isolated examples" of divestment from Australia because of climate risk, the likelihood of more significant divestment is increasing. "Over recent years, climate risks have increasingly entered ...

Dire IPCC climate report should catalyse investor, business action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... additional severe impacts, some of which will be irreversible. "In addition to the human, social and environmental cost, climate risk is a material financial issue for companies, investors and super fund beneficiaries that has serious implications if ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... leading motivations behind emissions reduction targets is meeting customer and employee demands, with mitigating climate risk and responding to investor demands as the next reasons. "It's an acknowledgement by companies that they're not just reporting ...

Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Evaluating climate risk in corporate bond portfolios is a key area of focus for 2022 for fixed income manager Insight Investment, but simply excluding worst-in-class is a simplistic approach. By engaging with issuers and encouraging them to change ...

Australian execs say climate change already impacting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... adaptations on climate change - 68% say they are using more sustainable materials, 61% ay they are including monitoring of climate risk in corporate governance processes, 60% say they are increasing the efficiency of energy use, 60% are developing new ...