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A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... the mainstream fund managers." A4S also has a network of pension fund trustee chairs to share knowledge around climate change risk and mitigation and sustainability issues more generally. "That appreciation of the financial materiality that these issues ...

BayernLB joins Climate Bond Initiative as Climate Bonds Partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... increasing momentum in Germany, led by institutions like BayernLB. To address the ever-more threatening impacts of climate change, it is time for all German market players to prioritize and work together in scaling domestic and international investment ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... additional soft power to engagement with companies on their disclosures. Alison George, Regnan acting CEO The review, Climate Change Disclosure by Australia's Listed Companies, examined climate risk disclosures by 60 listed companies in the ASX 300 ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... post-2030 into a world which will be transitioning into a low carbon economy in the mist of the physical impacts of climate change. The group has issued its first research project, Climate Change, Superannuation and Millennials, which examines how the ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... particularly in developing an approach to a range of ESG issues, rather than focusing on just one issue such as climate change, for example," said Louise Lew, head of sustainability, Australia, Willis Towers Watson. "In 2015, Willis Towers Watson worked ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... term future. Speaking generally of the global need to invest in green financing to meet the target of restricting climate change to 2 degrees of warming, Kidney noted that most of the projects are investible. "We have to invest about $90 to $100 trillion ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... appetite, but regulatory uncertainty threatens future growth, according to new research from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) IGCC has released Scaling Up ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Royal Commission into banking practices, headline news regarding wage theft of employees, and instability over climate change policy. "There are absolutely irresponsible activates occurring, and the responsibility turns back on us to work hard to influence ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... of governments around the world establishing frameworks to align banking, insurance and investment with the UN Climate Change and Sustainable Development Goals is important for the global shift to an inclusive, resilient and low-carbon economy." Signatories ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... and responses into single scores for specific themes - such as ethics and conduct, workplace health and safety, climate change and board management - and into top level E, S and G scores, expressing Regnan's judgement across those categories," according ...