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Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... what it means for the Australian financial sector. There are few signals that governments will act forcefully on climate change in the next 2 years, Fulton said. However, this can't persist, and he identified 2023-25 as the critical period. "It's inevitable ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
This week, Exxon was cleared over charges it had misled shareholders over the cost of climate change, but a legal expert cautioned that directors should not interpret too much from the decision. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... transformers which have been raised to three, four 4 metres above ground. Increasingly, those mitigation measures against climate change, interruptions, have become very important. That's what the customers expect, the gov't expects, your license to ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... opposed to regulatory push in these areas." The report also finds that the number of funds systematically considering climate change at board meetings has nearly doubled from 2018 to 10, representing 18% of the research universe. Eight funds referenced ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... bushfires in New South Wales and California, hurricanes and cyclones, their frequency and intensity, and the impacts of climate change have all been headline news, but Amundi believes there is a long-term investment thesis. "The investment itself is ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... International, the global trade union federation. "We cannot tackle pressing global issues like poverty reduction, climate change and implementation of Sustainable Development Goals without a fair and adequate tax system. "There is growing anger around ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... should see an even faster shift away from coal." Insuring Coal No More: The 2019 Scorecard on Insurance, Coal and Climate Change is published by 13 civil society organisations from 10 countries. The scorecard highlights laggards as well as leaders. "You ...

TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Framework also supports the NSW government environmental and social policies, strategies and goals, including the NSW Climate Change Policy Framework, NSW Government Resource Efficiency Policy, and NSW Premier's Priorities. Given the result of the Sustainability ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... works, and the, key investment benefits, plus the social impact and being able to have an impact on things like climate change. The actual investment case is pretty clear and compelling. These are lowly correlated to traditional assets, with low volatility. ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Australia is experiencing climatic extremes increasing the pressure on the government to focus on climate change policies, in the backdrop of global emissions increases over 2018 and coal, oil and gas remaining the cornerstone of growing energy consumption ...