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Climate Disclosure Standards Board issues TCFD aligned framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... resilient their strategies are to material environment risks associated with a 2C or lower scenario, in line with the Paris Agreement and all the requirements stemming from it." "The past decade has seen a fast-changing landscape for climate and environmental ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... as the worst of the worst, rank client deniers, and they campaigned for the Trump Administration to leave the Paris Agreement, and we consider that it is not in shareholder interests, no matter how good they are at campaigning for free trade in the US ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... sought from cities, municipal authorities and corporations. The Green Bond Pledge reinforces the goals of the Paris Agreement and is "based on the premise that public and private sector bonds financing long-term infrastructure and capital projects need ...

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... head of engagement for the Church of England Pensions Board also highlighted Rio Tinto's stated support for the Paris agreement, saying "that position is undermined when industry associations and lobbying groups, financially supported by Rio Tinto, take ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... criteria requires residential buildings to meet a net zero carbon emissions trajectory, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels, the CEFC noted. This is not the first ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... of timber now is viable." Forestry and forestry products have become more desirable assets in the wake of the Paris Agreement's 2-degree C target, Brand said. "The forestry sector will be able to start expanding again," he said. "Not only the because ...

CDP issues 2017 Climate Change Report for Australia/New Zealand companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... targets provide frameworks within which companies can plan for the reductions needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, CDP said. CDP also reported on water risks and actions. This year, 23 Australia/NZ companies responded to CDP's water program. ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... mechanism and Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and outline how the policies will "evolve" to meet targets under the Paris Agreement. Peter Castellas, CMI CEO There has been debate about the introduction of a Clean Energy Target (CET) as outlined in the ...

Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... policy changes at national and international level, said Stephen Rowe, Vision Super CEO. "We're a signatory to the Paris Agreement, and take the risks posed by climate change very seriously, so we've formed a Climate Action team that includes Michael ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... think, as they have, that one of the key elements in the success of implementation of the commitments made in the Paris Agreement have to come from a much stronger framework for standards for reporting risk management for the financial sector across ...