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APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is seeking to fill the newly created role of head of climate risk. The head of climate risk will "form and lead a team responsible for providing expert advice in the area of climate risk," and "play ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... shows investors have woken up to Rio Tinto's obfuscation and the huge risks to its business from climate change and transition," said Julien Vincent, Market Forces executive director. ""Rio's scope 3 emissions are massive - comparable to the carbon footprint ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... services to high quality financial advice and private wealth practices. "The retail market is going through quite a transition at the moment," said Michael Karagianis, JANA senior consultant who is leading the retail partnerships offering. "We are seeing ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... is highly relevant to our mandate," said Eddie Yue, co-chair of the steering group, and chief executive, HKMA. "The transition will prompt structural adjustments to the global economy, bringing both risks and opportunities. As a premier international ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... large-scale using electrolysis. "Hydrogen has the potential to make a substantial contribution to our clean energy transition, reducing emissions across the economy while underpinning the development of an important domestic and export industry," said ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the recovery phase in looking at the business model again, to make sure that decent work, gender justice and a just transition is at the core of the supply chain. The supply chain has been shown to be incredibly fragile and fallen apart." Investors are ...

Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... up by sovereigns in their recovery capital raising programmes, the banking sector and corporates considering their transition pathways," said Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative. "The investor appetite is there. It will only increase as asset ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has awarded Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova 's Global Sustainable Equity Fund. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA Mirova is the sustainable investment affiliate manager to Natixis Investment ...

Green tech can fuel net-zero transition, stimulus: ClimateWorks Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... hours of storage, while battery storage costs are 80% cheaper than in 2010. "Australia is very well placed for the transition," Denis-Ryan said. "Australia is one of the counties in the world with the highest sources of cheap renewables, good research ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... external risks Climate-related investment risks can largely be segmented into two categories - climate change risk and transition to a low carbon economy risk. The former is the risk that a company's assets or income could be impacted by climate change. ...