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Industry super cuts emissions exposures by 40%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... businesses work to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and commit to taking real action to transition to a low-carbon economy, the composition of the Aware Super benchmarks would change as well. "Exclusion from the benchmarks is by no means permanent," ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... your portfolios meet environmental objectives. "The idea is that they want to accelerate a transition to a low carbon economy, and reporting is a means to provide more transparency to what's going on." While the cash flows of some companies would ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... of recovering from the impacts of COVID-19 and delivering a transition to a net zero, resource-efficient and inclusive economy." The 37 recommendations are structured around four pillars - embedding sustainability into leadership; integrating sustainability ...

AGL, ARENA in $8m electric vehicle charging study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Van Den Berg said. "As part of our Climate Statement we have said we will continue to support the decarbonisation of the economy, which is what are customers want and the community expects." AGL aims to accelerate the commercialisation of the orchestration ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... contributing to positive environmental or social change and thereby have an impact on the development of a sustainable global economy," said Ama Seery, ESG analyst at Janus Henderson. "We focus on spaces such as the circular economy transition," Seery ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... looking, and it gives a total portfolio view of risks and opportunities that arise from the transition to a zero carbon economy." ACT allows investors to examine climate risk and currently covers listed assets and provide guidance for other asset classes ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Listed companies have to spend more on managing climate change and their transition and exposures to a low carbon future economy, because "governments and private equity funds can't make up the shortfall by themselves, said Deirdre Cooper, portfolio ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation. "The Paris Agreement has already established a strong market signal for investors that has helped shift the global economy towards decarbonisation," said Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change and ...

Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia's climate for growth. Deloitte is recommending that business, industry and government set sector, organisation and economy-wide strategies to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The economic cost of doing nothing is an economy which is 6% ...

Cleanaway publishes first sustainability report after engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... emphasised the importance of reporting on sustainability issues such as health and safety, waste management, circular economy, climate change and decarbonisation, diversity and remuneration. We noted that as the company has made substantive acquisitions ...