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New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
While mining companies are essential providers of the materials needed for clean energy technologies, they also face significant transition risks. A new pilot benchmark will provide investors with the necessary metrics to help assess diversified mining ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... potential monetary loss that a company or portfolio could face from climate risks and opportunities. Some include transition risk VaR (focused on mitigation and decarbonisation), physical risk VaR (focused on adaptation) or technology. These various ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
A landmark class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Australia alleging the government does not properly disclose climate change risk in government bonds has been settled. The case was filed in 2020 by Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell, who is represented ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... asset values." Michael Lebbon, founder and CEO at Emmi, said common modelling methodologies may consider only transition risk, rather than physical risk. Emmi is a tech platform that provides institutional investors with financed emissions and transition ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... forecasting that emission reduction and renewables are important risk indicators for government bond investors. Climate Transition Risk in Sovereign Bond Markets was authored by global bond managers Ardea Investment Management alongside Fortlake Asset ...

New net zero bondholder stewardship guidance: IIGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has published its Net Zero Bondholder Stewardship Guidance, offering corporate bondholders a foundational framework towards corporate bondholder stewardship. The guidance focuses on bondholder ...

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... any listed large-cap E&P company." Further, the firm said that the firm's inadequate capital returns ignore transition risk. "In the past 5 years, Santos has returned just 12% of operating cash flow to shareholders vs a peer average of 32% and 24% ...

Climate change to shape economy long-term: Forum

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The "existential crisis" of climate change, equality and equity of workforce participation in the economy and the aging population are all issues that will affect the budget, markets, and the shape of Australia's economy. Speaking at the Financial ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has published the findings of its first Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) of Australia's five largest banks and signaled that the insurance industry is likely to be the next regulated sector ...

Australia leads on climate risk coverage, but depth lacking: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Australian organisations are increasingly providing detailed climate risk disclosures but they lack depth and sophistication on financial impacts of climate change, according to EY. EY has released its fourth Global Climate Risk Disclosure Barometer ...