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Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Insurance leaders have reframed the challenge of climate risk as an opportunity, stating that physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance. Finity Consulting principal Rade Musulin and Swiss Reinsurance head of property ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... benchmark report by the global collaborative engagement body. Further, companies are still failing to set interim targets on the road to decarbonising by 2050, and plans and associated allocation of capital still fall short in both scope and ambition. ...

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
New laws require companies to manage psychosocial risk in the same way they manage physical risk - meaning that companies would be held liable for sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace. Further, the government's Respect@Work ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... technology point of view. I don't see the clients being data ready. The analogy I use is putting speed limits on the road but not having a speed monitor on the car. You need to start collecting data. Smith noted that systems and processes are not ...

Podcast: Investing in climate resilience - Michael Bones

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... can do and what it means professionally and personally to embrace the really severe negative impacts of climate change. The Road to Resilience strategy is designed to support investors to drive "economy-wide adaptation and resilience to the physical ...

Prepare for TNFD: FSI release guide on nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Ahead of the release of the final draft of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) this month, investors are struggling to understand and assess nature-related investment risks and to bridge the gap between the framework and the ...

Human rights in business remain a challenge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
More than 7000 Australian businesses have filed modern slavery statements following the implementation of the Modern Slavery Act in 2018. However, broader adherence to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights remains a challenge. The expectations ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Financiers do not assess and disclose deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. New research from EY commissioned by The Wilderness Society found that deforestation ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... investment in our long-term stability." Just prior to Sen McAllister's speech, IGCC CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright launched Road to Resilience, which outlines a two-year strategy designed to support investors to drive "economy-wide adaptation and resilience ...