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Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) reporting, joining Glencore, Unilever, Aena and Moody's. "We meet with the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) group regularly at the Board, Executive Committee and climate team levels, and we value their co-ordination ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... to pricing carbon," Howden said. "You can see why the EU is keen, it means they can take aggressive approach to climate action while seeking to protect their own industries from disadvantage. "What it does is that it demonstrates global leadership and ...

Aviva Investors puts companies on notice over climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... including voting against directors and filing shareholder proposals or supporting other proposals at AGMs regarding climate action, with divestment as the last resort. This applies to other areas of engagement as well. "There needs to be an end point ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... putting to the companies." There are indications of some engagements through the reports of collective bodies such as Climate Action 100+, Gocher explained. "If you look at Climate Action 100+ as a collective, you know the specific asks, but they're ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ will conduct its first sector-specific strategy with companies in the aviation industry, including Qantas. Aviation is the first in a series of sector strategies that is being developed to help investors "push for greater ambition ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... work with all the same investor expectations we have towards companies in terms of requiring good governance, good climate action and good disclosure. But what we call enhanced is that first of all, the targets will be firmly linked to our portfolio ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... within its own company. The letter also reiterates SSGA's approaches on climate change. Last year, SSGA joined Climate Action 100+. "The letter reinforces our approach around climate change as a systemic risk," Colton said. "That focus will continue ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... sector, research institutions and the States and Territories." According to global scientific research initiative Climate Action Tracker, Australia's updated NDC is rated "insufficient," meaning that the country is "least stringent" regarding a country's ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... management, Lewis said. "The way climate has advanced, we've got lots of investor associations dealing with climate action, there's the TCFD, and momentum is building in climate because it's being viewed as the most important risk," Lewis ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... engaging with them to ensure that companies are disclosing to CDP "as a minimum." Aviva Investors is also a member of Climate Action 100+ and engages with companies to utilise and report in accordance with the TCFD guidelines. Further to that, Aviva ...