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Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Richard Goyder addressed climate change in his speech at the AGM. "Woodside supports the goal, implicit in the Paris Agreement, of net zero emissions globally by 2050," Goyder said. "And as a company, we are working on our own role in delivering that ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... both companies' to suspend membership of industry associations whose advocacy runs counter to the goals of the Paris Agreement, including the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA). ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Growth: Asia Pacific's Ambition Gap, its 2019 review of how companies are meeting targets in line with the Paris Agreement. This year, the report analyses response from 2,511 companies in the Asia Pacific region and comparing them to performance ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... is growing "at a rapid rate", that rate needs to more than double current investment flows by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals. Sufficient capital is available, but the CCA points to "systemic market failures, including the under-pricing ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... have to ensure that they set really stringent emissions reductions markets, and setting those only against the Paris Agreement of 2 degree world is not going to be sufficient," Porter said. "It should be 1.5 degrees. In that case, businesses should look ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain in line with the overarching goals of the Paris Agreement; Implement a strong governance framework which clearly articulates the board's accountability and oversight of climate change ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... heroic best to give you a what and a when." The period of time between 2023-2025 has been identified because of the Paris Agreement 'ratchet mechanism'. It starts with the Global Stocktake 2023 and leads to the third round of climate pledges in 2025 ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... industry, to be able to properly ply our role in contributing capital towards sustainability outcomes, towards the Paris Agreement and SDGs, we need to understand how to value things that traditionally haven't been valued very well. We need some consistent ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... is written in New York State." Barker noted that when the case was first announced in 2014, 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 ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... national mean temperature 1.140C above average. While the Australian government has stated it will pursue the Paris Agreement 2030 target, there is argument over whether this is possible and in what form, said Anastasia Klingberg - Director and Practice ...