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AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... increased its AAA showing in The Global Climate 500 Index this year, but now has six super funds rated A or higher," said John Connor, chief executive of The Climate Institute. "This year's index sees a fifth of the world's 500 biggest asset owners taking ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... light of the intention to cap global warming at 1.5-2C above pre-industrial levels, and to achieve net zero emissions. John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute The Paris Agreement commits countries to taking actions through a variety of mechanisms, with ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... will provide an opportunity to assess the financial climate risks that are specific to the Australian economy, said John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute. "Australia can't simply rely on international efforts to address every aspect of our own financial ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... second only to Norway in terms of assets owners responding to climate change risks. "It's a real mixed bag," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, the Australian agent of AODP. "There has been a slight improvement overall, but I think, even ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Note: updated with comment from John Connor, The Climate Institute. Universities in Australia and around the world are doing little to mitigate exposure to climate change's financial risk, or failing to state their mitigation strategies at all, according ...

BCCM forms task force to examine public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Rowan Dowland, general manager development, bankmecu, Angela Perry, Chair, Employee Ownership Australia and New Zealand, John McInerney, former managing director, Common Equity Housing Ltd (CEHL) and BCCM director, Kimina Lyall, group executive corporate ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... overseas investments in Australian coal rest on a speculative bubble of climate denial, indifference or dreaming," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, in a statement. "Investors, governments and even some coal companies say they take climate ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... planning and fragmentation of responsibility as issues. "Australians are no strangers to extreme weather events," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, in a media statement. "With these events likely to get more frequent and more unpredictable ...
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