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Future Business Council to close, join BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... necessary structural transformation needed to ensure emissions reach net zero in a timeframe supporting achievement of the Paris Agreement goals of limiting temperature rise to well below 2C and preferably below 1.5C," Hewson said. BCSD Australia will ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... as usual context." MinterEllison's report noted that corporates may face increasing investor pressure to make a 'Paris Agreement-aligned' business strategy a central pillar of their corporate rebuilding and recovery plans, with a measurable ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... announced plans to reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, which Market Forces has labelled as inadequate to meet Paris Climate goals, and there are no target for scope three emissions, "which make up approximately 94% of Rio Tinto's carbon footprint ...

Woodside AGM climate resolution receives majority support

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Chairman Richard Goyder addressed climate change in his speech at the AGM. "Woodside supports the goal, implicit in the Paris Agreement, of net zero emissions globally by 2050," Goyder said. "And as a company, we are working on our own role in delivering ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... calls on both companies' to suspend membership of industry associations whose advocacy runs counter to the goals of the Paris Agreement, including the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) and the Business Council of Australia ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate-Resilient Growth: Asia Pacific's Ambition Gap, its 2019 review of how companies are meeting targets in line with the Paris Agreement. This year, the report analyses response from 2,511 companies in the Asia Pacific region and comparing them ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... activities is growing "at a rapid rate", that rate needs to more than double current investment flows by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals. Sufficient capital is available, but the CCA points to "systemic market failures, including the ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... going to have to ensure that they set really stringent emissions reductions markets, and setting those only against the Paris Agreement of 2 degree world is not going to be sufficient," Porter said. "It should be 1.5 degrees. In that case, businesses ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... views, but governments can gear financial outcomes by regulating ESG-related fields. Thus, the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement might have influenced regional asset pricing on the Environmental pillar. "Moreover, we have yet to see a ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... points: Take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain in line with the overarching goals of the Paris Agreement; Implement a strong governance framework which clearly articulates the board's accountability and oversight of climate ...