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MSCI Barra purchases data analytics firm Carbon Delta

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Carbon Delta is a provider of climate change scenario analysis, and MSCI and Carbon Delta "will create an extensive climate risk assessment and reporting offering for the institutional market, providing global investors with solutions to help them better ...

Investment in climate-related opportunities grow: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... including Glencore, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Shell and BP as examples of engagement to seek increased resilience to climate risk. "In the absence of clear policies to achieve net zero emissions in line with the Paris Agreement investors are likely to ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... game, especially the industry leaders in the industries that ted to be more exposed." The ESG report also looked into climate risk-related disclosures, find that the number of companies reporting against the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures ...

Regnan reports depth, impact of engagement in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... individual issues, Regnan noted that 47 engagements discussed the Taskforce for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures on climate risk, and that Regnan has commenced formal engagements around the compliance with the newly introduced Modern Slavery Act. ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... physical event which impacts insurance, like natural catastrophes. It could be about greater market awareness of climate risk, it could also could be about the ways in which investors are thinking about scenario probabilities. What our modelling shows ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... to the UK Green Finance Initiative, and the Canadian Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, which is very much about climate risk, climate change and mobilising capital. Our terms of reference go beyond that. We very intentionally include statements around ...

AASB, AuASB statement raises stakes on disclosure of climate-related risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... financial statements, said Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison. "What is significant is that it places climate risk into the realm of audited financial statements, rather than the narrative of the sustainability report," Barker said. "It ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... year of the Modern Slavery Act, wider human rights risks, the issue of restored trust, and increased activity around climate risk adaptation and mitigation all top the agenda for Australia. Leeora Black, partner, Deloitte From a legislative perspective ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... re-defining non-financial risk," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of BCSD Australia. "We see the same pattern of behaviour around climate risk - a re-emergence of the definition of key non-financial risks, be it climate, gender diversity, supply chain, or human ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC only adds to the governing context of directors when it comes to managing climate risk. The IPCC report urgently advises governments and actors to limit global warming to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels and ...