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Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Even if the world is able act sufficiently to contain climate change to 1.5 degrees of warming by 2050, there will still be degree of physical impact that is literally baked in, and a degree of ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... comes as a shareholder in ANZ has sued the bank over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... importantly, it will mean the finance industry will be better placed to play its crucial role in the fight against climate change as outlined by the IPCC," Rooney added. In response to the uptick in investment, the GBCA and the Australian Sustainable ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... 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 Australia (UNGCNA), has seen a notable surge in interest in nature and ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... less costly than inaction or a disorderly transition in the longer term. "We are witnessing the early stages of climate change, in the form of unprecedented heat waves, floods and agricultural degradation of increasing frequency," Ravi Menon, chair of ...

New Forests to sell NZ assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... David Shelton. "Forestry is an important industry for New Zealand, contributing to the economy, mitigating against climate change, and playing a role in the circular bioeconomy." Last month, New Forests sold a Tasmanian forestry estate to UniSuper and ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund, Warakirri Farmland Fund, and Warakirri Cropping. Warakirri has completed a climate change action plan aligned to the TCFD, including greenhouse gas emission baselines and carbon reduction strategies for all of ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... ANZ shareholder is taking the bank to court over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... phase-in proposal. The firm has represented a range of investors in legal actions dealing with the financial risks of climate change and the ways companies manage those risks. Lawyer David Barnden told FS Sustainability that the existing misleading conduct ...

Most inclusive Aussie orgs named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... fossil-free superfund Future Super, was on the list. CEO Simon Sheikh commented: "Future Group's mission is to reduce climate change and inequality so I'm deeply proud of the work we do internally as a business to celebrate our diverse employee ...