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COP26 week two: negotiations focus on carbon markets, reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Senegal, Dominica, Vanuatu and Georgia for offsetting activities. "There are concurrent aims which are to enhance national policy frameworks and the institutional practical nuts and bolts in each of the countries that partner in the scheme, as well as ...

RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... monitor the implications of climate change and related mitigation policies for the economy and the transmission of monetary policy through financial markets and the banking system to households and businesses. "The RBA will also continue to augment its ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... investments. COP26 commitments as catalyst to private investment As COP26 was getting underway, Impax Asset Management head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell said credible pathways to net zero are critical to catalysing private finance. "We need greater ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... opportunity, but also risk. Transition risk is defined as the risks that stem from changes in governments' climate policy, technology and market sentiment. Transition risk will ultimately change the value of investments - carbon-intensive companies ...

Fidelity International to invest $150bn in net zero strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The global fund manager has introduced an enhanced, engagement-led climate investing policy to support its net zero commitment, and has introduced a net zero methodology to guide the pathway, according to Fidelity ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... finance, according to Impax Asset Management. "We need greater ambition - you can't escape from that," said Impax head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell. "We have 75% of global GDP under net zero goals. We have 19 of the G20 signed up to net zero. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... credits, which could mean significant developments for Australia and Asia-Pacific markets. "If you look at Singapore's recent policy announcements, they're going all in in terms of leveraging into carbon markets hub," Herd said. "You're seeing some movement ...

Biodiversity goals a part of COP26 considerations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... biodiversity and slowing the accelerating extinction rate. Herd noted that the next step would be to translate the targets into policy action. The launch of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework, which aims to measure ...

ASX200 ESG reporting increases, but gaps remain: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... diversity and inclusion." In other areas needing attention, less than half - 47% - of the ASX200 have a gender diversity policy with measurable targets and progress metrics against those targets and 76% of the ASX200 do not have a Reconciliation Action ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... announcement that the government will commit to net zero by 2050. "Investors need a supportive, credible, consistent, and stable policy environment that will facilitate private investment by reducing policy-related climate risks and shape markets for ...