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APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... in Australia and globally. APPEA boasted to its members about its successful campaign for a 'gas-fired recovery', and the flood of subsidies to the industry that came with it." According to ACCR analysis, as of May 2021 the government had committed nearly ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia have partnered to identify projects to leads towards the issuance of blue impact bonds and other assets. Blue Impact Bonds for Nature will be funded by an US$800,000 grant from HSBC. TNC Australia will ...

APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Institutional investors in Asia Pacific are more likely than their counterparts in North America to take action on climate change, but investors in Europe are still leading the pack, according to PGIM. PGIM recently surveyed 101 institutional investor ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... business sectors' capability to manage material risks and business opportunities arising from climate change, for example, flood, drought and future governmental policies that may affect fossil fuel consumption." The TCFD framework can be applied to ...

State of the climate report confirms need for climate-aware investing: Future Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Recent observations by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on the pace and severity of climate change "confirms what people already know" and also gives impetus for investing in line with reducing the risks and effects of climate change, according ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and ability to withstand the next shock. That might be climate change, it might be the next bushfire season or the next flood season. We need to look at it from the perspective of resilience and build it out, rather than just respond to the individual ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Greenhouse gas emissions and worker rights/modern slavery are the two most important areas of ESG focus for Australian listed companies in the near future, according to new research from Perennial Value Management. Perennial has released the results ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Climate change will cause more fires, hailstorms and cyclones across Australia, resulting in greater property, personal and economic damage, and hardship for Australian communities, warns insurer IAG. IAG has released the second edition of the Severe ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AAIB) and Amundi will launch an investment framework aimed at informing "targeted sustainable and responsible financing." The AIIB-Amundi Climate Change Investment Framework "translates key objectives of the ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Many investors continue to struggle to effectively assess and incorporate climate change impacts into their company analysis. This is not without good reason. Climate-related risks (and opportunities) all carry a large degree of uncertainty about them ...