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Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Ceci thinks there will be more issuance around the SDGs and is looking to vehicles to mitigate the transition to a low-carbon economy as themes for 2020. "The other consideration is transition - how do we define transition, how do we encourage other ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... be in use for decades to come. We want those homes to have the strongest energy efficiency and to deliver the smallest carbon footprint possible. "Australians are already leading the world in residential rooftop solar. Our next challenge is to embrace ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... governments when planning over the long term, particularly when modelling the costs and benefits of transitioning to a low carbon economy. "In the debate around if you start moving more aggressively to decarbonise, if some industries die, other industries ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... "This is why we initiated the creation of Climate Action 100+, which is focused on engaging with companies to lower their carbon emissions and come into alignment with the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. CalPERS welcomes BlackRock as the newest ...

IFC expands EDGE program to include BNP Paribas ClimateSeed program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
The IFC has expanded its Edge certification program to include BNP Paribas' ClimateSeed carbon offset program. ClimateSeed is one of six accepted carbon offset programs in IFC's Zero Carbon Green Bujildings certificate under the IFC Edge program. To ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... rapidly decline by 2025, with renewable energy generation to surpass fossil fuels by 2030. Electrification, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage will contribute towards progressive decarbonisation, Fulton added. Fulton noted that Australia is in an ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... table to consider." Unfriend Coal is also calling on insurance companies to play a positive role in the transition to low-carbon economy. "We start with a do no harm agenda, starting with coal, which is the largest source of CO2 emissions," Bosshard ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Taskforce on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD). It has, in past, issued climate bonds to finance the transition to a low-carbon economy. These are all activities that have partially played into Westpac's sustainability ratings. But surely systemic ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... companies - that are talking about expanding their fossil fuel activity, rather than talking about how to transition to a zero carbon emissions future," Palmer said. "Then you have people and organisations who are challenging companies on that. They're ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... sea-change in ESG practices. Over the past year most of our clients have explored what they can do about their portfolios' carbon profiles and climate-related risks." Unreliability and inconsistency of ESG data was the number one factor deterring investors ...