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NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... control or mitigate risks linked to loans or investments in companies involved in soft commodities, particularly soy, palm oil and beef. However, few financial institutions are systematically quantifying their exposure to risks or creating opportunities ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Standards Board (CDSB) and ClientEarth have called upon the UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to ensure that companies in the oil, gas and coal sectors are complying with legal duties to address climate risk in their reporting. The letter to the ...

ANZ to partner with AWA in SE Asia program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... structured along particular industry lines," Tonkin said. "You'll have property, resources, and within that you'll have a focus on oil and gas and metals and mining and what have you, but water of course is the type of asset that touches all of that ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... standards: Roundtable for Sustainable Biomaterial (RSB), Round Table Responsible Soy (RTRS), Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Bonsucro and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), Climate Bond Standard said. At least 60% reduction in emissions comparing ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... could influence Australia to adopt a similar regime here. Canada's Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act will require oil, gas and mining companies to report their payments to governments worldwide annually. It will come into force no later than ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... forests report. According to CDP, demand for four agricultural commodities drives global deforestation - cattle products, palm oil, timber products and soy. These commodities appear in supply chains in companies across sectors, and CDP notes that deforestation ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australian National University (ANU)'s decision to divest from Santos, Newcrest Mining, Iluka Resources, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search, Independence Group and Sirius because of their fossil fuel assets. The seven companies represent $16 million, or ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... couple of years." LGS used data from MSCI ESG Research as part of their analysis, Lambert said. The fund noted that coal and oil sands are the most carbon-intensive energy sources and most susceptible to carbon regulatory risks, concerns in China over ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... community. Under that scenario, the industries that would be worse off include fossil-fuel industries such as coal mining, crude oil and gas extraction, petroleum refining and gas utilities, and carbon-intensive primary and manufacturing industries ...

MSCI launches ESG CarbonMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... on climate-related issues to help investors with the transition to a low carbon economy." MSCI ESG CarbonMetrics provides oil and gas reserves and potential emissions data along with direct and indirect carbon emissions - Scope 1 and 2 - for approximately ...