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Brambles reports progress on 2020 sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has identified key climate-related themes in its annual reporting - a low-carbon advantage, network resilience, and raw material supply security and continuity. Brambles recently announced underlying profit growth of US$795 ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... absolute carbon emissions by 45% across their portfolio by 2030. The $54 billion industry super fund has announced a new Climate Change Roadmap, under which Cbus will put in place processes to achieve portfolio targets for each asset class, including ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... will launch an investment framework aimed at informing "targeted sustainable and responsible financing." The AIIB-Amundi Climate Change Investment Framework "translates key objectives of the Paris Agreement into fundamental metrics to assess an investment's ...

Paradice Investment Management appoint head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... of ESG. Varcoe will work with the Paradice investment teams to "drive forward the integration of ESG factors, including climate change and modern slavery, in investment decision-making and company interaction," Paradice said. Varcoe will also be responsible ...

The TCFD framework - What is it and how can it be applied to investment analysis?

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Understanding how climate change may affect the intrinsic value of a company is quickly evolving. Until recently, analysis focused on the impact of a company's operations on the environment. This has shifted to an assessment of a company's exposure ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Many investors continue to struggle to effectively assess and incorporate climate change impacts into their company analysis. This is not without good reason. Climate-related risks (and opportunities) all carry a large degree of uncertainty about them ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... of business in society. [ESG and sustainability are used interchangeably throughout this paper.] With the realities of climate change looming large and an increased focus on human rights, cyber security, technology and the role of business in society ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... any kind) by likelihood and impact, the top five of which are sustainability risks: Extreme weather events Failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Major natural disasters. Biodiviersity loss Man-made environmental damage and disasters. Massive ...

Sustainability, fair trade organisations call for equitable COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... COVID-19 pandemic, it ranks only 37th in the world on progress in meeting the SDGs and well below other OECD nations on climate action and the environment, the plan notes. "We know that just 39% of companies have targets that are sufficiently ambitious ...

Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Australia is "woefully unprepared for the scale of climate change threats that will emerge over the coming decades," and coordination of Australia's response to climate change should be managed by the National Cabinet, according to the Australian ...