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Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... investment in climate resilient water systems within the natural and built environment is a vital part of wider climate action," said Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative. "The expansion of our Water Criteria is a reflection of the significance ...

Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Vision Super is seeking to hire an environmental activist to join their Climate Action Team. Stephen Rowe, Vision Super CEO The Climate Action Team was established to manage climate change risks in investments, and push for policy changes at national ...

ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... said Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment. "At the same time, there are enormous business opportunities in taking climate action. Transparency on how financial institutions mitigate the risks and seize the opportunities of a two degrees pathway is crucial ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... methodology developed and the recommendations speaks for a very different era in government and business response to climate action, full stop. This has meant that that the engagement by the finance sector in the development has been upfront, right at ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... equality, followed by SDG 3, good health and well-being, SDG 9, industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 13, climate action, and SDG 8, decent work and economic growth. At the same time, organisations reported that the goals most difficult to take ...

Commonwealth Bank issues $650 million climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... green bonds have an increasing role in funding new infrastructure, clean energy and helping nations finance their climate action plans." Australia holds the distinction of being the only country where every climate bond issued is certified by the Climate ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... sector as well, so they're more involved the sustainable impact category that we defined, which would correlate to climate action in the SDGs." Australia's relatively lower levels of revenue derived from SDG-related activities can partially be attributed ...

IGCC hails Australian ratification of Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... the Paris Agreement officially entered into force, global investors are again demonstrating strong support for climate action through their investment decisions and by taking an active role at COP22."

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... industry were, ranked accordingly: Goal 5 - Gender Equality, Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth and Goal 13 - Climate Action. Regarding expectations to integrate the SDGs, ANZ said they haven't received any from their customers. The biggest pressure ...

Australian cities disclose emissions data to CDP cities program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... it in full,' said Patricia Espinosa, the new Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. 'On NAZCA, the UNFCCC's online climate action portal, many cities have registered their climate action pledges and are blazing an ambitious trail." African cities have also ...