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Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... add together to produce something we haven't seen before," Leplastrier said. The report assesses the latest climate science as at July 2020 and examines the effect climate change will have on extreme weather events across different parts of Australia ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... governance concerns for corporate Australia. The report, authored by CSIRO's Data61, the digital specialist arm of the national science agency, found that the majority of respondents placed "damage to brand or reputation as the highest potential impact ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... estate into the multi-asset class approach. What's nice about this approach is the same underlying approach to the climate science is the same the broad framework to applying that to investment risk for equities and fixed income."

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement with companies as part of the fund's asset stewardship program. "We are seeing more severe climate impacts, and the science really showing us that we need to act now," said Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment at First State Super. ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... contributing to lower greenhouse gas emissions. "Australian farmers are keen early adopters of technology and look to science to improve the productivity of their land. By increasing the amount of water that can be stored in soil, the SCC technology ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... two years. In addition, he has over seven years' engineering experience. Pradhananga holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours), both from the University of NSW. MBA GLI was founded in 2012 ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of the framework, what to identify or consider." CDP also found a nearly tripled year-on-year increase in the number of science-based targets in Australia and New Zealand, suggesting an emerging sub-regional leadership towards science-based climate action. ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... strategy and public policy, and Accenture as manager, strategy. She is completing her MSC in Climate Change: Environment, Science & Policy (Kings College, London); has an MBA and a Bachelor of Laws (University of Cape Town), and an MA in International ...

Australians accept climate science, but don't link to ethical super: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
More than 80% of Australians accept that climate change is happening and being impacted by human activities, but only 2% of Australians believe investing with an ethical super fund will have the greatest positive impact on the environment, according ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... is also developing an ESG scoring framework that will utilise in-house research on the materiality of ESG factors, data science and artificial intelligence. A launch date for the system has not been established, but it will draw upon research generated ...