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Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... suitable research methods remain. To that end, Robeco has hired a climate data scientist, van Lamoen said. "When looking at scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3, different data providers report different emissions, and there is still no consensus yet on emissions ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... line with IPCC recommendations." ACT draws on data sources from major data and research firms, and combines information on scope 1 and scope 2 emissions; scope 3 will be considered in the future. The data is ranked and weighted according to Mercer's ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... committed to implementing a Science Based Target to assist in reducing the company's emissions across all operations, the scope of which will include BINGO's fuel consumption and fleet of collections vehicles, the company announced. "As a business that ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... going forward," she said. Ninety One is engaging with companies about their climate change targets and goals, not only their scope one and scope two emissions, but also the scope 3 emissions as well. Engaging with publicly listed companies is an important ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... the moderate Senators of the majority party with significant influence over the trajectory of legislation and limit the scope for the most ambitious policy initiatives," meaning that "ambitious tax hikes" are probably off the agenda. Rick Lacaille, global ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... SRI options had three specific screens: climate change, ethical and convention and controversy-based screens, and provided scope to remove companies on discretionary grounds, for factors outside of these criteria. The updated SRI options provided members ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Woolworths Group has committed to reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 63% by 2030 in targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In addition, Woolworths has committed to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... companies are serious about this or not, based on the way they plan to implement these going forward." Melior estimates that the Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions of the ASX300 are equivalent to approximately one third of Australia's national emissions ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... company and external property fund managers have set targets to achieve those aims. "We have mechanism to target around scope 1 and scope 2 in particular by 2030, and we have a clear pathway that we have in place," Fok said. "That's a combination ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... benefits to Australia's emissions profile," Learmonth said. The CPIF will consider several initiatives that go beyond the scope of the emissions target by looking to influence tenant and supply-chain emissions including: looking at optimised solutions ...