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Market Forces asks for ASIC investigation of ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Christine Cook have asked ASIC to investigate whether ANZ directors made a number of misrepresentations about a critical climate-related shareholder resolution lodged by over 100 individual shareholders at the bank's AGM last December," said Will van ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... panel moderator was Ocean Decade Australia co-founder Jas Chambers and speakers Nicky Landsbergen, partner with EY's climate change and sustainability services team, Ethinvest director of philanthropy Blair Palese, South Pole climate action head ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... activities," the CEFC said. Artesian will also expand its own internal reporting tool, to assess the reporting frameworks on climate risk and financed emissions disclosures provided by underlying issuers, including baseline development of companies' ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... disclosed, and there are specific nuances to take into account based on the biodiversity area you're in. "We think climate data is a challenge, and biodiversity data is a challenge on a different scale." NTAM have selected water and deforestation ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... includes government, peak representation across the financial sector (banking, insurance, investors and superannuation), climate and specialist expertise, and social and Indigenous representation. The board will set objectives, design principles and ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian companies are on the Taskforce and within the TNFD secretariat. Australia is expected to legislate mandated climate reporting as early as FY 2024/25, following in the footsteps of countries like New Zealand, Canada, the US, UK, Singapore and ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... AGL, Origin, Rio Tinto and South 32 appear on the list, which surveyed how 50 Asian listed companies are responding to climate risk and decarbonisation targets. Barclays identified these 50 companies - which collectively are responsible for around 20% ...

AGL saved from HESTA divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... divestment. This comes as Damien Nicks was appointed CEO of AGL in January. The energy company released its inaugural Climate Transition Action Plan, which includes targeting the closure of Loy Yang Power Station by the end of financial year 2035 - up ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Australia Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) giving a stark warning that the world must act now to limit the worst effects. The IPCC has released its AR6 ...

New report finds global carbon markets hit new record amid energy crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... low-income communities through rebates or funding energy efficiency improvements, it was revealed. "Instead of weakening climate ambitions, the energy crisis pushed governments towards ending their fossil fuel dependency quicker," said ICAP Secretariat ...