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Countdown to 2050: the road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... economies, investors and companies have committed to taking action that would contain climate change to less than 2 degrees Celsius. For their part, super funds, fund managers, asset consultants, and insurance companies are grappling with how to build ...

Why the move to clean energy won't be enough

ALISTAIR MILLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... and legally binding international treaty on climate change, with the goal to limit global warming to around 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. This was known as the Paris Agreement. Many go as far as to call climate change the 'defining ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the economic shift that comes with meeting the Paris-aligned target of containing global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius. "We're advocating that governments work closely with labour rights movements, affected workers, their communities as ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Climate Action 100+ is a collaborative investor group that engages with 159 focus companies - the largest GHG emitters ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions for the Mercer Funds in aggregate and for each diversified fund. The commitment aligns with targeting a 1.5 degree Celsius limit on global temperature increases and the Paris Agreement's ambitions. "We believe that climate change is both a ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... to align their business strategies with net-zero in order to help limit average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. As a signatory, SSGA will engage with companies to ensure they implement a strong governance framework that takes into account ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... future," the organisations said. "Achieving its goals of limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius would curb the worst financial and economic impacts of climate change and enhance institutional investors' ability to generate ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... with a wide variation in scenarios and reporting. The report also found that only six companies are using a 1.5-degree Celsius scenario. "We think that really, the world is moving to 1.5 degrees, so we think it would be wise for companies to be testing ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... and global level and help achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to well below two- degrees Celsius. We welcome the leadership ambitions that a number of companies have set out, but now is the time to intensify climate action ...

IGCC, global investors urge G7 to step up game on Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... currently falling short of the agreed goal of 'holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels'." Investors are calling on governments to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, accelerate ...