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Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... articles brought to you by Aviva Investors As governments negotiate fresh commitments to contain climate change to 1.5 degrees C at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), one of the issues at play will be how to measure and manage the ...

Fidelity International to invest $150bn in net zero strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... commitment is in line with the IEA's Net Zero 2050 recommendations and global efforts to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees. This gradual exit will give companies the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to transition and will be guided by Fidelity's ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... off with the intention of setting new targets relating to containing climate change and global warming to less than 2 degrees C. While 2030 and 2050 targets and increases to nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to cutting carbon emissions will ...

Rest outlines net zero scenario, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... points higher by 2040 if the world acts to achieve the Paris Agreement goals and contain global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius. The average 48-year-old Rest member has an account balance of $67,000. The average salary for workers of this age ...

Companies fall short on net zero commitments: ClimateWorks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Dexus and Fortescue have climate commitments that fully align with the goal of containing climate change to 1.5 degrees C, according to new analysis from ClimateWorks Australia. ClimateWorks has published Corporate action for 1.5 degrees: best practice ...

Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... priority actions are for governments to strengthen their NDCs for 2030 before COP26, to align with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius; commit to a domestic mid-century, net zero emissions target; implement domestic policies to deliver these targets ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... medium- and long-term decarbonisation targets in line with the Paris Agreement's mandate to keep global warming below 2 degrees C. The resolution called for those targets to apply to both of AGL's future demerged businesses - AGL Australia, which ...

UniSuper updates progress on net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... aimed at enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions targets to 2050 in line with containing climate change at 1.5 degrees C. It is seen as a rigorous voluntary framework with established targets for accomplishments in interim years between now ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... 300 board is around 19 years. The youngest director is 27 and the oldest is 89. Women tend hold more higher education degrees compared to men - 8.4% of female board members have a PhD compared to 5% of males. And 22.1% females have an MBA, compared to ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... allow further use of fossil fuels while meeting the aims of the Paris Agreement to contain global warming to less than 2 degrees C. In a session at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference in June, Shell Australia ...