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Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Insight Investment predicts issuance of green bonds could hit close to US$300 billion in 2020, and the global fund manager is continuing its call for increased transparency and a "clear demonstration of positive impact." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst ...

Australian execs see impacts of, responsibility for climate change: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... average, according to Deloitte. Robert Hillard, Deloitte Deloitte has published its third annual report, The Fourth Industrial Revolution: At the intersection of readiness and responsibility, which surveyed more than 2,000 C-suite executives across 19 ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies are on the engagement list - 100 'systemically important emitters', accounting for two-thirds of annual global industrial greenhouse emissions, alongside 61 others with significant opportunity to drive the clean energy transition. "Climate ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Economic Forum launched a new Davos Manifesto, a set of ethical principles to guide companies in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. These moves signal that the biggest and most influential businesses in the world have the intention to operate ...

GRI announces new members to Board of Directors for 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... president and chief executive officer, JG Summit Holdings (Philippines - business enterprise), and Jyrki Raina, global industrial relations expert (Finland - labor organizations). "GRI provides international leadership through our mission to develop ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... advantage? A: Every major economic transformation creates both risks and opportunities for businesses (examples include the industrial revolution and the advent of the internet). Being proactive is critical, particularly given the speed at which changes ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia. The Sustainable Australia Fund offers an innovative financing model that allows commercial, office, and industrial buildings to retrofit projects for energy sustainability. Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs) are agreements between a building ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... are readily available like turnover in a company, like safety records at a company, particularly if it's a materials/industrial firm, then digging in beyond that, to make sure there's a common thread aligning the people in an organisation from the top ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... officer, Deloitte Australia Deloitte has released its second annual global Readiness Report, Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Faces of Progress. The report focuses on the ways in which business leaders are "adapting and preparing for the ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... managing climate risk. The IPCC report urgently advises governments and actors to limit global warming to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, and warns that there is about a decade in which the response ...