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Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... 300 large global investors, with respondents saying that climate change is already a significant factor in the investment policy of 73% of investors surveyed. While the number of investors that have already set a net zero target is relatively small (17%) ...

Coles sets net zero target with absolute emissions reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Steering Committee and its chair. The Sustainability Steering Committee's commitments as part of the refreshed policy were thought out in advance, and there will be regular reporting on progress towards the goals, Davis said. "What ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... target(s); short-term (up to 2025) GHG reduction target(s); decarbonisation strategy; capital allocation alignment; climate policy engagement, including corporate climate lobbying; climate Governance, and meeting the Task Force for Climate-related Financial ...

Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... outlooks. They note that valuations are high in certain parts of the market, saying "with extremely accommodative monetary policy, and central banks committed to supporting higher growth, the conditions do exist for further equity market upside; however ...

Industry fund sets bar higher with Net Zero timing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... engaging with our managers, our companies, with other investors, which we've been doing for several years, and advocating policy changes around these things as well. That's the first and key thing that we are looking to do as part of this process." ...

Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of what we've been stressing with companies," van der Werf said. "It's not sufficient to have an animal welfare policy on paper, if you have those exposures that show animal cruelty. We've seen, for instance, more use of video monitoring ...

More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... for better governed companies which is intrinsically linked to long-term shareholder value." In 2019, ACSI announced a policy calling for listed companies to set a timeframe for achieving gender balanced boards, which it says can be met with a 40:40:20 ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Not having a strong federal policy on climate change and a pathway to move to zero carbon emissions by 2050 brings continued risk to Australia's economic growth long term, according to the head of one the leading economic think tanks. Danielle Wood ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... activity, local executives are also concerned with the uncertainty that climate risk brings, mainly as pertains to climate policy, Nelson said. "There is a firm acceptance that climate policy is going to get more aggressive in the next three to five ...

Calculating the social cost of carbon: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... future damage caused by greenhouse gas emissions can be used to estimate a price as a basis for generating climate change policy as well as considering impacts on companies, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors. Joseph Chi, head of responsible investment ...