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Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... second impact fund will be smaller in scope because it's not about broad large cap issuers." The impact of COP21 and the Paris Agreement will push great interest and investment in green bonds, while fund managers like AXA IM can provide momentum and ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... climate risk. To protect every Australian, we need to understand where we are exposed to the effects of climate change." The Paris Agreement that came out of the Paris Climate Summit (COP21) has "galvanised" action, Connor said. "Many investors are realising ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian superannuation fund members, there are global themes that resonate, Oulton said. "We are particularly seeing this post-Paris," he said. "There are now relatively clear signals there, the trajectory is there, the direction has been set, and ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... four times the [greenhouse gas] GHGs of a company's direct operations," a significant figure given the implications of the Paris Agreement agreed at the UN Climate Conference, COP21. Multinational companies are currently establishing the extent to which ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... pressed by internal and external stakeholders to commit to environmental and social goals. With COP21 concluded and the Paris Agreement signed, sustainability experts believe that during 2016, companies will begin to match their rhetoric with their strategy ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Statewide Super has signed the Paris Pledge for Action, a supporting document resulting from the United Nations COP21 climate summit. Signatories to the Paris Pledge for Action promise to ensure that the ambitions in the Paris Agreement are met or exceeded. ...

Paris Agreement: implications for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference is widely seen as a historic deal that will lead to the decarbonisation of the global economy. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Although Australia has signed ...

Paris Agreement refers to mitigation co-benefits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
In the text of the Paris Agreement adopted at the COP 21 United Nations Climate Change Conference, there is reference to the concept that co-benefits of adaptation efforts can contribute to mitigation, which experts believe can open new pathways for ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... support the further development of green bonds as part of the activity needed to achieve climate change goals arising form the Paris Climate Summit (COP21). Twenty seven global investors have signed the PGBS (PGBS), undertaking to work with bodies such ...

Assessing net benefits of Indigenous CFI projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... generating net benefits for both Indigenous groups and the entities purchasing the credits. Gerrard spoke at a forum during the Paris Climate Summit (COP21) hosted by UNESCO, entitled 'Resilience in a time of uncertainty: Indigenous peoples and climate ...