Search Results

Showing 491 - 500 of 1439 results for "climate change"

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... multi-asset investor," Henaghan said. Sandra McCullagh is a current non-executive director (NED) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a former NED of QSuper, and established the ESG equities research capability at Credit Suisse Australia. ...

Igneo sets 2023 climate targets for infrastructure companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... asking all companies to develop their own net zero roadmap including short- and medium-term targets, and assess climate change impacts, in line with the TCFD." The third focus is on improving climate change governance, Durham noted. Igneo will report ...

Net zero targets shift investments, narrative for funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... that goal in its most recent climate risk report. In 2015, Aware Super started the process that culminated in e Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan (CCPTP) in late 2019, said Liza McDonald head of responsible investment. "We started this journey ...

Building real asset future with climate in mind: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Understanding of climate change's impact on real estate and infrastructure assets has become more sophisticated, shifting from merely meeting regulatory standards to shaping future demand for real assets, according to AXA IM Real Assets. Considerations ...

"Alarming" lack of capex alignment to 1.5C goals: Climate Action100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... their global peers on some indicators, said Laura Hillis, director of Climate Action 100+ at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). "Australian companies performed particularly well on net zero targets, and performed well compared to the global ...

Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... "In 2018, I read the fifth IPCC report and it changed my life," she said. "Suddenly we had 10 years left to fix climate change, and not only this, but I learnt about tipping points and this really scared me and I could no longer work in my trade, which ...

Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Deloitte Access Economics. Hutley calculated that just 0.3% of total expenditure for 2021-2024 has been committed to climate change initiatives, falling even lower, to just 0.2% in 2024-2026. She said much of the 0.3% is funding already committed prior ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... step-change is needed to embed nature into business and financial decision-making, not least because nature loss and climate change are two sides of the same coin." Measuring biodiversity destruction and impacts is far more complicated than measuring ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nearly a quarter of institutional investors globally say climate change is at the centre of their investment policy, with more than half saying it is a significant factor, according to research from Robeco. Robeco has issued its global climate survey ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... framework in 2009. "The US SIF Foundation's 2020 Report on US Sustainable and Impact Investing Trends identified climate change as the most important specific ESG issue considered by money managers, comprising $4.2 trillion in assets," US SIF CEO Lisa ...