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Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... manage that and we're not seeing the statements/plans quite yet." The results also reveal that there is a lack of active lobbying for policies that enable rapid and effective decarbonisation of the Australian economy. In some cases, companies are lobbying ...

Exiting emissions-intensive assets may not reduce climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... more active stewardship is now urgently required by investors over emissions targets, capex plans and negative climate lobbying activities. "We urgently need companies to step up their climate transition plans... while contributing to a just transition," ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... exposure and emissions disclosure, emissions performance, decarbonisation strategy, climate solutions, policy engagement (lobbying), climate governance, just transition, and annual reporting and accounting disclosures. Alongside the standard, the TPI ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... make them more climate resilient, tying executive compensation to ESG KPIs and incorporating climate considerations into lobbying/political donations. "Aligning executive remuneration to climate action is an area that's emerging but is still fairly nascent," ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... political ideology. Part of this can be attributed to our democratic system, panellists argued, which encourages corporate lobbying and has led to a degradation of our democratic systems. The best solution is to offer a just transition for workers into ...

Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... updating and relocating facilities to make them more climate resistant, 29% incorporating climate considerations into lobbying and political donations, and 28% tying senior leaders' compensation to environmental sustainability performance. "We're starting ...

Australian execs say climate change already impacting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... updating/relocating facilities to make them more resistant to climate impacts, 50% incorporate climate considerations into lobbying/political donations, and 48% are tying senior leaders' compensation to sustainability performance. "It's just not good ...

AI-based trading platform to integrate ESG data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... people are thinking of now are governance - are boards diversified, who is on the board, do boards have policies around lobbying," he said. "That sort of stuff plays into the understanding of companies as well. WE also use data on senior executives in ...

Australian company boards lack skill, experience to lead net zero transition: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... remuneration should be reflective of the company's climate change targets and for competing incentives to be removed, and lobbying and public statements to the public, media and investors should be consistent with the companies stated climate plans ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... have converted our key engagement asks linked to long-term climate targets, transition plans, governance, reporting and lobbying into a 40-point scorecard. This has enabled a baseline assessment of the 30 companies and provides a mechanism to monitor ...