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ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and comparing them to performance against the recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Australia and New Zealand were analysed as part of the wider APAC region, CDP said. "I think for the region as a whole ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... entering uncharted territory, because not only do investors need to do modern slavery reporting for the first time, there's also TCFD reporting as well," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We're facing a new reporting regime where there aren't so many precedents. ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... The report suggests pricing climate-related financial risk, citing the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) as a way to include risks associated with physical climate change damages as well as transitional risks. The CCA report recommends ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... years, the firm said. Cromwell has also registered as a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and is aligning its reporting with the guidelines, Cowling said. In the 2019 TCFD statement, Cromwell noted that it considers ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... climate risk considerations into corporate strategy as outlined by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Governance. JPMAM "values a strong corporate culture with a focus on directors who represent all shareholders equally and ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... useful." In the infrastructure sector, there is a growth in uptake of the Task force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standard, and Myatt noted that as many companies ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... around ensuring that they start reporting against initiatives like the [Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures] TCFD before they become compulsory." The TCFD guidelines are voluntary and not compulsory in Australia. However, the Australian ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... occurrence that climate-related scenario testing such as that advised by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) is designed to prepare business and investment. "This is a time for business to look at the resilience of their climate ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... enhanced corporate disclosure in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Emma Herd, member of the Climate Action 100+ Steering Committee and CEO, Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), welcomed ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... it was prior to the Paris Agreement, prior to the development of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and, in Australia, prior to developments including the Hutley opinion and statements by ASIC, APRA, the RBA and the AASB regarding ...