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RIAA names Responsible Investment Super Leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... that climate considerations have taken centre stage, with 42% of super funds now having portfolio targets aligned with the Paris Agreement (net zero by 2050), compared with just 34% in 2021. "It is very encouraging to see that increase," Banhalmi-Zakar ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Countries across Asia, Africa, and South America, and the Pacific introduced landmark investment plans to implement the Paris Agreement and new Global Biodiversity Framework, committing US$2.59 billion from public and private sources, and emphasising ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... of development overseas - will also be included, as well as how to transition method variations from Kyoto-alignment to Paris-alignment. Modern slavery risk not included FS Sustainability understands the review will fall short of discussing modern slavery ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... COP28. It is a process for countries and stakeholders to report on progress in five year increments towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. A technical report on the stocktake has said that the globe is not making sufficient progress to contain global ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation actions. NZAs indicate Moody's assessment of the strength of an entity's decarbonisation profile relative to Paris alignment of net zero by 2050. "NZAs provide an independent and comparable assessment of an entity's emissions ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... negative impacts on GDP in the second half of this century. Secondly, the "Orderly" Low Demand scenario is an "ambitious" Paris-aligned scenario requiring substantial changes including strong demand reductions and other behaviour changes on top of stringent ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "This means that, despite a commitment by ANZ in that report that it is aligning its lending portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement, it might not have adequate structures in place to do that," Holgersson added. "I'm worried that ANZ is not ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Financial Disclosures' recommendations) and forward-looking commitments to carbon emission pathways (aligned to the Paris Agreement and 2DC/below 2DC warming scenarios)," according to FTSE Russell. The indices combine data and analysis from FTSE ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... enforcement 'holiday' just doesn't stack up. It's just burning up more time that we don't have to address Paris alignment in the ASX. "A freeze on public interest litigation, of the type ACCR has brought in relation to Santos' ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... year's AGM and would also vote against the executive remuneration report. "It is vital that we do see that alignment to the Paris Agreement," Fraser said. "We are working to escalate this concern and we're optimistic that we will be able to ensure that ...