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Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... assertively discourage any fossil fuel expansion by services companies in investment portfolios." Public calls for divestment from coal, and other fossil fuel extraction activities is mounting. However, superannuation funds are governed by legal and ...

Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... the Jemalong Solar Project will provide more electricity capacity to the grid as it prepares for the upcoming retirement of coal powered generation" Genex has agreed an engineering, procurement and consruction contract and an opration and maintenance ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... the impact will be felt is important. Other aspects driving policy response in future are likely to be the phasing out of coal. Fulton forecasted that coal demand is currently at peak and will begin to rapidly decline by 2025, with renewable energy generation ...

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 ...