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Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... work towards net zero by 2050, with initiatives like the Net Zero Asset Managers Commitment and the Paris Aligned Asset Owners Initiative and Climate Action 100+ initiative. Paterson calls on policymakers and corporations to work together "to minimise ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... scenarios)," according to FTSE Russell. The indices combine data and analysis from FTSE Russell and TPI. "A large group of asset owners are focused on the low carbon transition," Campos said. "A lot of them are universal owners, they're large, they're ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... risks and opportunities associated with sovereign debt instruments. The Commonwealth will continue to engage with asset owners and relevant stakeholders to keep investors informed as to policy settings and actions in relation to climate risks and opportunities. ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the investment community must adapt to evolving regulations and engage actively with the companies they invest in. Asset owners need now consider biodiversity values of portfolios, leveraging tools like ISS ESG. The nature-positive movement seeks to ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... from 221.2 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (mtCO2e) in 2021 to 213.4 mtCO2e in 2022. Members engaged with asset owners as a critical method to drive emissions reduction. 2021 saw 93% while 2022 saw 95% of members set intermediate targets on ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... they want to show positive action," Yoon said. "Given it's such an economic opportunity, this is an opportunity for asset owners to get together and have this collaborative approach and make sure this opportunity is done in such a way that not only supports ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Adam Kanzer said: "We are gratified and energized by the strong response we've received from both asset managers and asset owners around the world. "We believe this sends a very strong signal to the global markets - we must work together to reverse the ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... this is baked in, even if we meet the 1.5 degree target." Alison Drill Head PCSS APAC Swiss Re(Australia) said that asset owners need to "reduce risk, rather than respond afterwards with insurance." "It is an ongoing conversation with members on how ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... of climate transition plans while increasing obligations on lead investors. nearly 50 Australian fund managers and asset owners belong to the organisation. This year's revised benchmark assessment found that companies are also failing to align capital ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Asia-Pacific. "I'm hoping that this really kickstarts actually not just corporates and financial institutions and asset owners and investors but really globally all of those different parties valuing nature and understand that nature really is underpinning ...