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Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
As the world gears up for COP28, practitioners are preparing for a significant shift towards the integration of nature and climate in reporting. Evan Center, an expert in environment and climate change with the United Nations Global Compact Network ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... transition toward a sustainable economy. It has released updated long-term macro-financial scenarios for forward-looking climate risk assessments, based on the latest GDP and population pathways and the most recent country-level climate commitments. ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... portfolio of investment-grade, broadacre cropping and infrastructure assets across Australia. The strategy aims to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns with the goal to have a positive impact on the environment and regional communities. The strategy ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter, who is represented by Equity Generation Lawyers, accuses the bank of not having adequate risk management plans in place for climate and nature risks. While the bank's 2022 Annual Report does disclose that climate ...

Deutsche Bank finances Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Taiwan's transition to renewable energy," commented Cynthia Chan, Deutsche Bank Taiwan CEO. "Our tailored project finance and risk management solutions for our clients have been instrumental in the buildout of Taiwan's renewable energy sector. "To date ...

"Looming" governance gap as reporting becomes mandatory

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Westpac Institutional Bank, Perpetual, and Allianz, among others. It found that governance is the chief factor in reducing risk in this new landscape, but boards are increasingly struggling to keep up with stakeholder expectations and regulatory risks ...

Mirova targets super funds in multi-billion dollar raise

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... about global warming and want to invest in the energy transition, but can't always find investments that meet their ESG, risk and return criteria. She confirmed that this is an opportunity worth exploring for funds that are facing challenges in finding ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... using today that are used for a lot of equity/fixed income portfolios. It has a place in the allocation model, there's a risk budget attached to it, and a return expectation attached to that. TPI is a global, asset-owner led initiative which tracks ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... integration: ongoing consideration of ESG factors within an investment analysis and decision-making process with the aim to improve risk-adjusted returns. Thematic investing: selecting assets to access specified trends. Stewardship: The use of investor ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Balkrishna said. "Put t all together, it creates a much more water-tight investment framework. It also reduces greenwashing risk, which occurs when companies that do a whole bunch of non-green or bad stuff and only 1 to 2% of revenue is aligned to doing ...