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Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
This article first appeared on sister site Industry Moves Rade Muslin is a climate risk expert from the US who has worked with governments, businesses, and the farm industries to address the risks that come from extreme ecological events. He shares ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... winds and other impacts of climate change," Nunn noted. "In 2017, we hired a consultant and did a portfolio wide climate risk analysis. We looked at the worst case scenario of 2030 and 2090 and what that worst case scenario looked like, and since then ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... 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 on the ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... companies in the UK have had time to adapt, comply and improve their performance." A second area of thematic focus is climate risk. Sustainalytics notes "Australia's emissions-intensive economy, policy vacuum and renewables boom create a complex set ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Developing and expanding response mechanisms using central banks prudential regulation & monetary policy toolkit to offset climate risk and support orderly transition is the next stage." The report further calls on central banks to deliberately skew ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... infrastructure in the United States. The resolutions follow others challenging Rio Tinto, QBE, Suncorp and AGL to manage climate risk. IAG and Origin Energy face similar resolutions at their AGMs in the coming weeks as well. It will be a busy season ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... with prospectuses) or an existing investor via annual reporting (in the case of RG 247)," Dobson said. "The types of climate risk identified in the TCFD (being transition and physical climate risk) have been incorporated in the prospectus guidance and ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, and advocate for climate resilience. "The key focus is on how you begin as a business to build resilience to climate risk," Petersen said. "That's a call to action by business. We will be taking this to government as one of the steps, this ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... estate in some areas that are exposed to hurricane and flooding; largely, our asset selection process has included climate risk screening for quite some time. It means we have tended to select assets that are resilient to those impacts, and making sure ...

MSCI issues guide for investor reporting to TCFD guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... strategy around those four sections. It outlines a typical framework - set objectives, identify key dimensions of climate risk, measure portfolio exposure and impact, assess portfolio vulnerability to scenarios, and enhance adaptive capacity. "TCFD provides ...