Search Results

Showing 191 - 200 of 266 results for "Science"

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... contributing to lower greenhouse gas emissions. "Australian farmers are keen early adopters of technology and look to science to improve the productivity of their land. By increasing the amount of water that can be stored in soil, the SCC technology ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... two years. In addition, he has over seven years' engineering experience. Pradhananga holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), both from the University of NSW. MBA GLI was founded in 2012 ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of the framework, what to identify or consider." CDP also found a nearly tripled year-on-year increase in the number of science-based targets in Australia and New Zealand, suggesting an emerging sub-regional leadership towards science-based climate action. ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... strategy and public policy, and Accenture as manager, strategy. She is completing her MSC in Climate Change: Environment, Science & Policy (Kings College, London); has an MBA and a Bachelor of Laws (University of Cape Town), and an MA in International ...

Australians accept climate science, but don't link to ethical super: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
More than 80% of Australians accept that climate change is happening and being impacted by human activities, but only 2% of Australians believe investing with an ethical super fund will have the greatest positive impact on the environment, according ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... is also developing an ESG scoring framework that will utilise in-house research on the materiality of ESG factors, data science and artificial intelligence. A launch date for the system has not been established, but it will draw upon research generated ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... to be sufficient," Porter said. "It should be 1.5 degrees. In that case, businesses should look to initiatives like the Science Based Targets initiative, for guidance." Porter noted that climate change will impact across the global economy, and within ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... period. "It's inevitable in my view that somebody does something in the next God knows what years, if you believe the science." Fulton said. "... If Sydney burns to the ground,Morrison might mention it. That's not so certain. But it seems to us that ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation. The main difference is where each country is on the journey. In the US there is still a major debate about the science, with some public figures calling it a "hoax". Australia has moved beyond that, towards discussing what action should ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... when it came to business integration of frameworks like the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), science-based targets and other frameworks. "Australia's response to climate change will therefore inevitably lead to a reprioritisation ...