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RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reiterated their stance that climate change will impact economic output, drive changes in the value of assets and income streams and therefore poses systemic risks ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... ambition, but also the credibility and granularity of the plan to underpin it." Biodiversity's role in containing climate change "We need to see real leadership in terms of setting short term targets for 2030 and crucially developing sectoral roadmaps. ...

IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... houses the Integrated Reporting Framework and the SASB Standards) by June 2022. "Sustainability, and particularly climate change, is the defining issue of our time," said IFRS Foundation Trustees chair Erkki Liikanen in an announcement at COP26 in Glasgow. ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... three-part series of 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 ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability of timber production and improving forestry and landscape management practices is critical in combatting climate change and creating nature-positive outcomes in the region. There is also the potential to generate carbon offset credits ...

Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... We know we're going to need a different skill set after 5 years Participants in the report's research identified climate change, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, technology and digitalisation and cyber security risk as having ...

Fidelity International to invest $150bn in net zero strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... globally. This 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 ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... granularity of the plan to underpin it." Dodwell based his analysis on his experience in the public service. As a climate change and environmental policy expert, Dodwell is responsible for managing Impax's engagement in the development of policy ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... trading solutions for carbon credits is an area of intense interest at COP26. Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice, has pointed to potential developments in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which ...

Biodiversity goals a part of COP26 considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... time, biodiversity has seen a lot more prominence from the business perspective," Emma Herd, a partner at EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice. "At COP26 you're going to see a wave of biodiversity focus and part of ...