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Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle called climate change "a first-order risk for the financial system", with broad-ranging impacts on Australia. Debelle also warned while there has only been "isolated examples" of divestment from ...

Carbon offsets essential to net zero ambitions: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... emissions that we put in is matched by a tonne we pull out of the atmosphere," said Grattan Institute's energy and climate change program director Tony Wood. The report outlines six recommendations for government policies. In addition to setting ...

Corporate finance execs seeking greater ESG knowledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... risk and return considerations. The impacts of COVID-19, human rights risks like modern slavery and the urgency of climate change considerations have refocused the minds of finance professionals, rising up the management chain to include CFOs. But many ...

Accounting bodies commit to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... members have signed the Net Zero Commitment. In joining the initiative, the two accounting bodies acknowledge that climate change is an economic risk and the accounting profession plays a significant role in tackling the challenges created by climate ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... improve practices in the consumer staples sector. "Our growth as a species has led to consumption and that leads to climate change and pressure on biodiversity," Roc-Sennett said. "It basically become a large feedback loop - the more we warm the climate ...

Aurecon creates new sustainability leadership role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... resources and water Paul Gleeson will take on the new role, which will see him supporting Aurecon's sustainability and climate change strategy, including growing the climate transition risk services business and managing Aurecon's corporate sustainability ...

Plant agriculture sector in net zero policies: Grattan Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... from other nations. The report also found that the agriculture industry is also heavily exposed to the impacts of climate change. "Agriculture is the most intriguing sector because it's one where the impact of a changing climate is most obvious," said ...

Weighing litigation risk of net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... looking statements based on a reasonable belief that they are achievable, and this applies to ESG issues including climate change, said Ilona Millar, partner, Baker McKenzie. "There is nothing in the legal frameworks that would prevent forward looking ...

Fragmented ESG regulation in APAC a challenge: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... standards - the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which is due to be launched ahead of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. "This could force long term change on APAC, but the different speeds at which individual regulators ...

Australian companies under "extreme pressure" over ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... a report outlining three ESG areas that they identify as major focuses for boards in Australia and New Zealand: climate change and the impact of the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the upcoming United Nations climate ...