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MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... sector as well, so they're more involved the sustainable impact category that we defined, which would correlate to climate action in the SDGs." Australia's relatively lower levels of revenue derived from SDG-related activities can partially be attributed ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... the Paris Agreement officially entered into force, global investors are again demonstrating strong support for climate action through their investment decisions and by taking an active role at COP22."

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... industry were, ranked accordingly: Goal 5 - Gender Equality, Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth and Goal 13 - Climate Action. Regarding expectations to integrate the SDGs, ANZ said they haven't received any from their customers. The biggest pressure ...

Australian cities disclose emissions data to CDP cities program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... it in full,' said Patricia Espinosa, the new Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. 'On NAZCA, the UNFCCC's online climate action portal, many cities have registered their climate action pledges and are blazing an ambitious trail." African cities have also ...

Cities provide essential collaboration: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Melbourne and Sydney are members of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. "Cities have told us that a third of the climate action they've delivered has been a result of collaboration," Watts said. "I think that really tells you the value of it. Above ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Origin Energy has endorsed all seven of the the CDP/We Mean Business climate leadership platform commitments. James Day, director, CDP Australia and New Zealand The seven CDP/We Mean Business 'Commit to Action' climate leadership commitments are benchmarks ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... COP 21 as well as exchanging information and innovations amongst themselves. "We have the Investor Platform on Climate Action, and that's one way that we and other groups are collecting what investors are doing," she said. "We've been trying through ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and other international climate change-related groups have launched an online platform that tracks global investors' actions on climate change. The Investor Platform for Climate Actions will track activities ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... limited and stalled at the moment, but a state, territory or provincial level, there are enormous amounts of positive climate action taking place." Coalescing around a common, broad platform allows for more coherent communication. "Together with the ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... "regular announcements by carbon owners on carbon-risk management," "greater acknowledgment of asset owners' role in climate action by politicians and economic agencies," and "greater commitments (and some action) by leading asset owners". However, the ...