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Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... economy to the low carbon economy that is intended by 2050. This transition brings opportunity, but also risk. Transition risk is defined as the risks that stem from changes in governments' climate policy, technology and market sentiment. Transition ...

Aurecon creates new sustainability leadership role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... which will see him supporting Aurecon's sustainability and climate change strategy, including growing the climate transition risk services business and managing Aurecon's corporate sustainability transparency. Gleeson joined Aurecon in September, and ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... provide broader education on the long-term investment risks and opportunities related to climate change, such as transition risk, physical risk and stranded assets risk. "JANA's mission statement is that, together, we have the opportunity to impact millions ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... announcement," he said. "Scope three is critical for us as an investor, scope three is a huge influence over the transition risk in our portfolios.... We think it's just hard for us to include within the target because we don't have control of ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The global financial services industry faces $600 billion in climate change risks with widespread implications for banks across credit risk, market risk and operational risk, according to research from by Accenture. According to the climate disclosures ...

Modern slavery, Indigenous heritage, climate change top agenda: Paradice IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Climate change is another key area of engagement for the fund manager. "For Paradice, we see three key risks - transition risk which encapsulates regulatory risk, physical risk, and last is the management's ability to deal with those two," Varcoe said. ...

Science-Based Targets an indicator of future climate action: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... managing forward risks and looking out long term, those are the types of companies that are going to identify transition risk as a potential risk to business and will focus on decarbonisation process as a way to manage that risk." This plays out in securities ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Timed to commemorate Earth Day 2021, FS Sustainability has received a plethora of announcements and commitments from investors, businesses and beloved consumer goods pledging action on climate change. To name and annotate each organisation making a ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
The $59 billion Rest industry super fund has launched its responsible investment option. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to 'Sustainable Growth', the fund's first ...

Global fund manager launches local climate transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the energy efficiency of different companies as well, and for the assets they own," Bennett said. "On the energy transition risk side, we are also using an MSCI score which looks at a whole raft of different measures of scope 1 and scope 2 emissions ...