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Veteran lawyer moves jobs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... to climate change and sustainability, nature positive solutions and resilience, organisational culture and transformation, risk, governance and good decision-making."

Indices move beyond carbon tunnel vision

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Traffic Light to assess Paris-alignment, the SDG framework for climate solutions, and Climate Beta to track transition risk. These metrics are integrated into the indices to varying degrees. The new indices "offer investors a more nuanced approach ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A new strategy seeks to move past compliance and risk management when it comes to Indigenous issues, and focus on climate resilience and responsible investing. Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) recently ...

Asset manager defends climate group exit

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... billion asset manager confirmed its exit of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), but said it still considers climate an investment risk. Breckinridge Capital Advisors, a certified B Corp, said its ESG approach would not change. The firm has a direct engagement ...

New forecasting tool for climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... climate risks are insufficient, according to UNSW academic Tanya Fiedler. Her research at the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response concludes that 'storylines' offer a more effective way to understand and communicate climate impacts, bridging ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Despite layoffs in other sectors and unemployment rate inching higher, sustainability surges as firms eye top talent in Q3 2024. Ann Austin has been promoted to global head of sustainability, investment management at Lendlease. A company loyalist, she ...

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Disclosures (TCFD). It requires science-based, high-quality, substantiated, and comparable reporting across governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics. Entities must disclose current and future climate-related actions and effects, including emissions ...

KPMG prints first climate risk report

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The major professional services business is the latest of the Big Four accounting firms to report on Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). This comes as the federal government's legislation on mandatory climate reporting is ...

Net zero dreams float on unscaled tech

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Net zero by 2050 may risk up to a third of emissions abatement on a tech unproven at scale - and if it fails, plan B is much pricier, says Bloomberg. The world would have to fall back on other, potentially more expensive solutions, if carbon capture ...

Podcast: Nuclear power in Australia's energy transition with Jai Mirchandani

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
There are currently more than 400 nuclear power reactors in 32 countries, generating about a tenth of the world's electricity. The Coalition's plan to build seven nuclear power plants to replace Australia's ageing coal-fired power stations ...