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QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... pressure on the government to focus on climate change policies, in the backdrop of global emissions increases over 2018 and coal, oil and gas remaining the cornerstone of growing energy consumption, according to Capgemini. Anastasia Klingberg, director ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Morphosis and a collaborative group spanning investors, developers, academics and other stakeholders have launched the Sustainable Digitalisation Project, aimed at embedding sustainable practices in the digitalisation of the real estate sector and Australian ...

First State Super on Climate Action 100+, engagement, and fund strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
In the midst of an AGM season in which several Australian listed companies are facing shareholder resolutions related to climate risk disclosure and management, First State Super, one of the signatories to the Climate Action 100+ coalition, reflects ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... lending to the fossil fuel sector in line w/ the goals of the Paris Agreement." Market Forces noted that ANZ's exposure to coal mining increased by 27% to $1.4 billion in 2018 and a further 7% to $1.5 billion in the first half of 2019. NAB's reported ...

ACCR files shareholder resolution with BHP over industry associations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... membership." In 2017, BHP published a limited review of its industry association memberships, which found that the World Coal Association, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) had 'materially different position[s] to ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
A greater number of ASX listed companies are providing more information around environmental, social and governance (ESG) material issues, but "glaring gaps" remain, particularly around workplace fatality statistics, according to research from the Australian ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... underlying benchmark. The Indexes also help to reduce exposure to stranded assets with 50 percent lower exposure to thermal coal and four times less exposure to companies with carbon intensive products than the underlying index, MSCI said. The indexes ...

Legg Mason launches QS Investors Global Responsible Investment Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... include tobacco, gambling, alcohol, defence and weapons, fur, genetically modified crops, nuclear energy, oil sands and thermal coal. "QS Investors has an excellent long-term track record in the management of global equity portfolios," Sowerby said. ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... give ourselves just a 50% chance of limiting warming by 2100, we need to hit peak emissions next year, we need to phase out coal use and transition to 50% electric vehicles in the next 30 years. A key conclusion to address those challenges in the research ...