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Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Agreement threshold, experts are concerned that investors are unprepared for the escalating risks associated with climate change. Investors navigate these risks by employing models drawn from various sources, such as Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... is be left by the wayside. "Companies are having to negotiate supply chains made more complex by geopolitics and climate change and cyber threats from a growing number of malicious actors," Klint explains. Trust, cooperation and long-term strategy paramount ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... sooner we act, the greater the economic benefit and the more opportunity we have to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. "We are pleased to work with an experienced global manager in the forestry sector to target the ambitious carbon sequestration ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... November: An ANZ shareholder took the bank to court over allegations it failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. #2: Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development April: Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... understanding of risk and return - with the awareness that this may be our last chance to prevent irreversible climate change. ESG reporting and metrics Amidst a plethora of reporting frameworks and guidance, 2024 demands a shift toward a unified set ...

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon capture utilisation and storage plan. The initiatives are designed to complement the state government's Climate Change Bill 2023 which legislates net zero by 2050. "The state government has an important role to play in incentivising and facilitating ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme and the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is required to review the CFI Act every three years and the NGER Scheme every five years. The Department of ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... brought to you by Energetics In 2024, Australian business will need to focus on the strength of their response to climate change, with government aiming to legislate mandatory climate disclosures for Australian companies based on the International Sustainability ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... competing business priorities as the two main challenges in the sector. ESG professionals' main priorities ahead are climate change and developing a net zero pathway, followed by reporting and disclosures. "Despite the current economic concerns, demand ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... we didn't turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in his closing speech. "Now all governments and businesses need to turn these pledges into ...