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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... As part of investors' strategic responses to climate-related risks and opportunities, investors are committing to emissions reductions in their portfolios. Credit rating agencies and other stakeholders are increasingly examining the relationship ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Employment trends are reflecting a growing interest in sustainable investing as the global economy ramps up net zero emissions and reporting on ESG metrics and diversity quotas. Only 7% of asset managers believe ESG factors do not drive investment decisions ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sent a letter to Boral's board after the company announced that it was walking back its 2025 commitment to reducing emissions from 18% to 12-14%. Australian Ethical is the lead investor on the engagement. "We have been engaging with the company for a ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... partnerships and services Sarah Matthee said. "Our donor partners are committed to funding community-led solutions that reduce emissions and address the impacts of climate change and we are pleased to be working with them to fund local initiatives that ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... requirements. The sector grew by 59% in the past 20 years in real terms, but with agriculture contributing 10-35% of global emissions, its vulnerability to climate impacts as well as dependence on the sector means uniquely positioned to lead the charge ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... investors with US$9.6 trillion in assets under management reported a fall in total absolute financed greenhouse gas emissions. In its third annual progress report, the UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) detailed progress but called on ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... 2007 and related regulations (NGER Scheme legislation)." Kendall emphasised that while climate reporting does feature emissions disclosure, there is a far wider remit for companies to take on as well. "Climate reporting is mot just reporting the emissions ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... it, because what you do really matters right now. "It's not you and everybody else needing to reduce your carbon emissions so that we can reduce greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, you can actually have quite a direct impact.... We really try to ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... ground with the process of identifying climate risks, saying "just as we now understand that apparently harmless carbon emissions are, as they accumulate, wreaking havoc, so we are beginning to understand that modern slavery harms not only its direct ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Steering the economy away from emissions-intensive industries comes significant social and economic risks that arise from transitioning communities. Institutional investors need to integrate these risks into their strategies or risk a "messy, chaotic ...