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Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunities that will come from some of the disorderliness we will face. Q: What's the balance between investing in adaptation versus mitigation? A: One of the sources of disorder is going to come from physical climate change itself. It's playing ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "Identifying carbon emissions at the unit level has been key to being able to set and enforce expectations around climate adaptation and mitigation. "Similarly we need reliable, scalable data on modern slavery risks to properly factor into business and ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... of articles brought to you by Energetics Investing in climate mitigation is still a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change is lagging behind. But new focus from investors, companies ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation finance, and US$22.7 billion (37%) on climate change adaptation. Private finance stood at US$16.9 billion, the report said. Among the remaining US$38.8 billion allocated to high-income countries ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... there - as well as a focus on opportunities, not just risk. Q: How can companies and investors consider investing in adaptation/resilience? A: One aspect is companies investing in their own resilience and adaptation, and supporting their value chain ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... scale of risk posed by climate change calls for an equally massive investment in risk reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues are triggering ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... also "the least likely to have the COO involved with the design and development of ESG strategy, and have the lowest adaptation of organisational structure to ensure that those responsible for sustainability outcomes are empowered to achieve these goals." ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... vision" - a overwhelming focus on carbon emissions barring other factors like biodiversity, climate resilience and adaptation, and social impacts. "Investors get so focused on carbon intensity or carbon footprint that they don't necessary think about ...

Podcast: Investing in climate resilience - Michael Bones

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... impacts of climate change. The Road to Resilience strategy is designed to support investors to drive "economy-wide adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change". The report identified that institutional investors ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... are trying to move towards consolidated funding for country level initiatives around climate mitigation, biodiversity adaptation and so on. "We're also engaging with some of the organisations that are working on the Carbon Accounting Protocol and ...