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Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... climate change action have been exhausted. Divestment could insulate members from the perceived financial risks of fossil fuel companies, but it then limits a fund's ability to influence the company towards acting to reduce emissions in the real economy ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... mode of transportation, with Climate Action 100+ noting it accounts for around 2.5% of global carbon dioxides from fossil fuel use. Qantas is the only Australian company to appear in the aviation sector strategy, and it is an existing part of the Climate ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... opportunities arising from climate change, for example, flood, drought and future governmental policies that may affect fossil fuel consumption." The TCFD framework can be applied to the 56-1 One Report, which is the newly consolidated annual registration ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Small and medium sized ASX listed companies can measure, monitor and report their material environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures through a new technology platform linked to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s ESG Global Standard Metrics. ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... interviews, Pitt raised concerns as to why banks and insurers were not extending finance and insurance to projects in the fossil fuel and mining sector, saying that resources industries were still a significant part of the Australian economy and employment. ...

ESG funds continue strong performance: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
ESG superannuation fund options continued to outperform in the latest Rainmaker Information league tables. The Rainmaker ESG Diversified Index returned an unchanged 0.6% over the 12-month period to the end of October 2020, outperforming the MySuper ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has launched a fund a climate-change fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... analysis." Energy transition is underway, and the levelised cost of renewable power generation is now competing with fossil fuel power generation in some regions, with the provision that development in storage will further accelerate this trend, Birgden ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... through moving to renewables across our recycling facilities," Comito said. "Reducing our reliance on traditional fossil fuel generated electricity will also provide cost savings over the long-term for our business." Companies should be sourcing their ...

Climate Bond Standard launches shipping criteria for bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The International Climate Bonds Standard (CBS) has launched its shipping criteria, providing a definition to evaluate whether a shipping project contributes to climate change mitigation as a basis for certification for climate bond status. The criteria ...