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Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... at Minter Ellison, concurred with the view that the Corporations Act does not need amending to take into account climate risk. "My view has consistently been that the corporations act is more than capable of not only catering for climate related financial ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... and private sector bonds financing long-term infrastructure and capital projects need to address and incorporate climate risk and impacts," the Climate Bonds Initiative said. "Recognition of climate risks must transition to adoption of climate realities ...

KPMG event tells companies to consider the "What ifs" of climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
If corporate boards are not asking "what if" about climate risk and climate change scenarios, they're not doing their jobs properly. Panel discusses disclosure of climate risk. L-R: Rachel Alembakis, publisher, the Sustainability Report; Adrian King ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... prepared," Vezer said. "If you look at Stockland Corporation, the company is very proactive in researching its exposure to climate risk. It's had external research conducted on its operations, it's had its own assessment framework... When developing ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... its proxies in international shares, supporting resolutions calling on ExxonMobil to increase its disclosures of climate risk and also supporting a resolution calling on McDonalds to adhere to global sourcing targets "with timelines for pork and beef ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Wyman will leverage its expertise in stress testing and credit risk measurement to help banks assess and mitigate climate risk, drawing upon Mercer's climate scenario risk tool, which was developed in partnership with a number of large global institutional ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... exercises to analyse these risks," he said. "To date, APRA hasn't conducted any stress tests specifically related to climate risk, but in the future we will consider doing so. In the meantime, we encourage entities to perform their own stress tests that ...

Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Deloitte's Reputation Risk and Sustainability advisory practice covers workplace health and safety, sustainability (climate risk and adaptation, and low carbon transition and energy management), crisis, and safety leadership, culture and wellbeing. "From ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... engagement tasks taken globally, including a public letter written to 62 global banks, asking for enhanced disclosure of climate risk aligned to the guidelines developed by the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the non-binding ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... fuels through investments in BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers and Rio Tinto, they are "highly engaged in companies regarding climate risk management on both a transition and a resilience perspective." UniSuper also has two defined sustainable investment options ...