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Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... to Net Zero urges insurers to implement a shadow carbon price, encourage innovative building materials for climate resilience, and capitalise on the large quantities of minerals required to capitalise on this transition. Hutley said: "Obviously, if pay-outs ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... "carbon tunnel 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 ...

Podcast: Investing in climate resilience - Michael Bones

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
On this episode of The Greener Way, we're speaking with the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) advocacy manager Michael Bones. IGCC has recently launched a two-year strategy to help investors fund projects and companies that will help our changing ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... advantages and some key experiences that we can contribute together to a global story." McAllister said investing in climate resilience and adaptation is built into the government's thinking "at home and abroad." "We recently announced a new international ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... commented. To assist, the global mutual insurance company provides discount incentives to its policyholders to boost climate resilience. "The majority of loss is preventable. Climate risk is no different," Duncan said. "We work with many Australian businesses ...

Aussie businesses building climate resilience: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australia ranks 107th out of 130 countries for climate risk exposure, but it has inched up a notch to sit in 19th place for its ability to address those risks, according to a new index from commercial property insurer FM Global. The insurer ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... change, biodiversity loss, and emissions reduction. The new team will bring together AECOM's specialists in climate resilience, ecology, natural capital accounting, and digital solutions, and its experience in water-sensitive urban design and landscape ...

FM Global to provide climate resilience discount

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... perform due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. Later this year, FM Global will introduce a new suite of climate resilience solutions that can help clients assess climate risk exposures and prioritise their risk improvement investments.

Blackmores inks $75m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... of exploitation, so we have clear indicators to deepen our transparency to understand human rights so that climate resilience and an ethical supply chain continue to be a shared focus." The loans have two time horizons, and the sustainability goals are ...

HSBC funds blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... projects and to start generating blue carbon. Is there a way for us to appropriately price in that additional climate resilience, the limited runoff of more resilient wetlands/mangroves, and understand how much landowners need to be paid for registering ...