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Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... industry groups "whose energy and climate change policy stance seems entirely contrary to Rio's stated formal commitment to the Paris Climate Change Agreement." "We feel that it's important to be an active owner and with that you need to demonstrate ...

NAB issues Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with green tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Buildings criteria requires residential buildings to meet a net zero carbon emissions trajectory, aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels, the CEFC noted. This is not ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... second rotation of timber now is viable." Forestry and forestry products have become more desirable assets in the wake of the Paris Agreement's 2-degree C target, Brand said. "The forestry sector will be able to start expanding again," he said. "Not ...

CDP issues 2017 Climate Change Report for Australia/New Zealand companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... said. These targets provide frameworks within which companies can plan for the reductions needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, CDP said. CDP also reported on water risks and actions. This year, 23 Australia/NZ companies responded to CDP's ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... safeguard mechanism and Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) and outline how the policies will "evolve" to meet targets under the Paris Agreement. Peter Castellas, CMI CEO There has been debate about the introduction of a Clean Energy Target (CET) as outlined ...

Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... push for policy changes at national and international level, said Stephen Rowe, Vision Super CEO. "We're a signatory to the Paris Agreement, and take the risks posed by climate change very seriously, so we've formed a Climate Action team that includes ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... recognising, I think, as they have, that one of the key elements in the success of implementation of the commitments made in the Paris Agreement have to come from a much stronger framework for standards for reporting risk management for the financial ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... institutional investors have condemned the decision by the president of the United States to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "The Paris Agreement is key ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... that CalPERS has regularly engaged with ExxonMobil over climate change concerns and concerns that the US would leave the Paris Agreement, and the face that ExxonMobil has communicated back to them that they sent a letter to the US government, urging ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... stranded because of an extreme weather event. The second avenue would be a government's response to climate. If you take [the Paris Agreement] at its face value, it will mean that you have a movement towards a global price on carbon... It is the most ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

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