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Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... have affected company valuations and the performance of renewable energy stocks. Aversion to ESG investing, driven by political motives, has impacted asset allocation in the US - particularly in red states, where US state government-controlled investment ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... transition finance. The investment manager in a statement emphasised the role of engaging on climate lobbying issues "as the political backlash on climate-regulated regulation intensifies, in contrast with the urgent need for effective policy intervention ...

Global managers drop out, scale back on Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... continues to grow overall, with more investors joining than have left. "We believe the media has accurately linked the US political anti-ESG context to those overseas departures," IGCC said. "Australian stakeholders, including investors, and also the ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... climate risks have cascading impacts that spread through systems and across sectors and destabilise socio-economic, political systems and ecological systems, posing a threat to the stability of the financial system. The IGCC is concerned that fundamental ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... in human development in decades. Widening inequality, even in wealthy nations, pose an "existential threat" to global political stability. The report predicts a global trend of trade wars, higher capital expenditure on a global arms race in new military ...

COP28 day one recap: US$429m loss and damage fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... stated that the fund doesn't go far enough, and that it is "doomed without fossil fuel phase-out." Tracy Carty, global political expert at Greenpeace International commented: "This agreement is a vital first step towards ensuring communities get the ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, working as director of the Western and Southern Europe and the EU, EU Political and Strategy Brach, and also the director of the Latin America and Caribbean Section and director of Eastern Europe and Western ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian companies perform even worse. Many top Australian companies have poor governance and disclosure of their political spending and there is a significant gap between these companies' committed stances on climate policy and their advocacy efforts. ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... found that polling catchments which are over 50% Indigenous voted on average 63% in favour of the proposal, according to political analyst Simon Jackman. Finance sector leaders say now is the time to take initiative in embedding the ethos of free, prior ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's largest listed companies lag US counterparts when it comes to governance and disclosure of political spending, according to research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). ACCR analysed ASX50 companies on how well ...