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First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... as a part of collaborative engagement groups like the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and Climate Action 100+. Under the structure of the Climate Action 100+, investors commit to either taking a lead or a supporting role in engaging ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... investment portfolio. MSCI Real Estate Climate VaR calculates the financial risks from both changing legislation due to climate action (transition risk) and the extreme weather impacts caused by climate change (physical risk), per real estate asset and ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... outreach and education projects centred on growing "robust and sustainable green bond markets that contribute to climate action and low carbon investment," according to the Climate Bond Initiative. Partners assist in developing initiatives to grow investment ...

Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... representative voice for Australia's future focussed business leaders". "This aligns with BCSD Australia's business-leading Climate Action Statement in 2019 where its members committed to drive the necessary structural transformation needed to ensure ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The COVID-19 pandemic is not likely to halt regulatory and investor expectations around corporate progress on climate change risk, according to MinterEllison. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter Ellison Lawyers MinterEllison recently ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Woodland pointed to public calls for a green recovery as one sign that there is strong conviction behind further climate action. "We do sometimes get these unprecedented opportunities to get better going forward," she said. "There are proposals for green ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... strongly about is that the climate movement doesn't lose too much momentum through this." U Ethical is part of Climate Action 100+, Laird noted. "We want to continue driving action through the climate action movement, and we are dedicating time to the ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... company's greatest exposure to transitional climate change risk," Market Forces noted. "Given the importance the Climate Action 100+ places on Paris-aligned targets for emissions across companies' entire value chains, we're hoping that Climate Action ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets, it identifies key trends and progress on corporate climate action at the regional level, as well as the challenges in ramping up ambition, increasing transparency, and adopting best practices. ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... election and the continued pathway of Brexit in the UK, Lewis said. Investors will continue to act in groups like Climate Action 100+, while the economic argument of cheaper costs of renewable energy and the pressure brought by social license to operate ...