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Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... into Carbon Risk Disclosure, which will report by 22 June. The inquiry is an opportunity for public discussion of how climate change will affect finance and economic policy as well as behaviours across the economy. The vote was welcomed by investment ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Superannaution fund members are concerned about climate change and how it will impact on their retirement savings, but very few have thus far moved their funds to lower carbon alternatives, according to research from Colonial First State Global Asset ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Climate change risks could significantly impact suppliers' business operations, revenues or expenditures, but less than half of suppliers participating in the CDP's annual supply chain survey have set a target to reduce carbon emissions. CDP has released ...

Global Canopy Programme appoints executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... excellence in both the private and non-profit sectors." "GCP has catalysed so much innovation and impact in the forests and climate change space under Andrew's remarkable leadership, and I relish the opportunity to build on this momentum," Mardas said. ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... closer look as to how environmental and social exposures relate to their fiduciary duties, noted Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader. "Far more companies are considering what these global megatrends are - population, geo-political ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... were issued globally in the fourth quarter of 2015, with Credit Agricole CIB underwriting deals of US$994 million. The Climate Bonds Initiative said US$14.87 billion of green bonds were issued in the fourth quarter, with US$7.4 billion alone issued in ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Statewide Super has signed the Paris Pledge for Action, a supporting document resulting from the United Nations COP21 climate summit. Signatories to the Paris Pledge for Action promise to ensure that the ambitions in the Paris Agreement are met or exceeded. ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference is widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
In the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is reference to the concept that co-benefits of adaptation efforts can contribute to mitigation, which experts believe can open new pathways for ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... stakeholders have made commitments to support the further development of green bonds as part of the activity needed to achieve climate change goals arising form the Paris Climate Summit (COP21). Twenty seven global investors have signed the PGBS (PGBS) ...