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Investor groups publish climate change investment guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... project of IGCC, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) in North America, and ASrIA's Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). The framework lines out four areas for ...

AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... ASX, and they have extra exposure to carbon intensity, they need to mitigate more strongly. The implications for climate risk in Australia are more important than elsewhere in the world." Any legal challenges to pension fund governance will be instigated ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
BP shareholders overwhelmingly backed a resolution that has directed the company to provide more information on their strategic management of carbon risks. Resolution 25 was proposed by the Aiming for A coalition, a group of institutional investors ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... submitted to the Climate Bond Standards Board for confirmation. Board members are CalSTRS, the (US) Investor Network on Climate Risk, the (EU) Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change, the (Australian) Investor Group on Climate Change, NRDC, CDP ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
A group of investors convened by Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) will seek to build increased definition and structure to support the development of the green bond market. The investor group released a statement of investor expectations ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... climate change mitigation strategies, carbon emissions reporting, target setting, emission reduction initiatives, climate risk procedures, uptake of low-carbon energy, water risk assessment efforts and collaboration. Based on that analysis, suppliers ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Connor said. AODP launched in 2012 Project with an index ranking the largest 1000 asset owners on how they manage climate risk in their investment portfolios. AODP this year started this spin-off index, focusing solely on universities. The methodology ...

Asia investments in sustainable strategies hit US$44.9B: ASrIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Jessica Robinson, ASrIA CEO. "Our findings also confirmed that investors in Asia are increasingly concerned about climate risk. Importantly, climate change is considered an issue for both dedicated sustainable investment managers but also for more mainstream ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... else is dwindling, O'Connor said. "These issues are focusing the attention on the larger funds as well," he said. "Climate risk is the case in point here - large institutions are grappling with it and taking strong action around climate risk, albeit ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... stranded assets need to be incorporated into hteo overall investment governance and risk management model," she said. " Climate risk does not only impact fossil fuel companies -we've been focused on fossil fuel companies, but climate risk impacts the ...