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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 ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian companies continue to improve their sustainability reporting, with focus on environmental issues such as climate change and water, however there are still laggards that are not reporting sufficiently or at all on sustainability issues, according ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... engage with systemically important greenhouse gas emitters that are producing 85 percent of carbon emissions on climate change. We are doing this because serious financial risks are in play across the global economy." The 61 additional companies were ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... considering ESG, including an explicit focus on climate risk, a third of trustees are not. Meanwhile, 10 funds identify climate change risk as a key consideration in strategic asset allocation, which "takes the form of decision-making around asset allocation ...

IGCC, global investors urge G7 to step up game on Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... and improve climate-related financial disclosures. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) The statement known as the 2018 Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate Change was delivered to the United ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... rush." On the flip side,, Nanuk excludes more than 1700 companies from investment, formalised around three areas - climate change, fossil fuels and environment, weapons, and ethical values and human rights. Nanuk also aligns its investments to the Sustainable ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Senate Economics References Committee report on Climate Risk Disclosure,giving greater guidance on the disclosure of climate change risk (also referred to as "carbon risk"), including: explaining the different types of climate change risk (physical risks ...

Pollinate Energy merges with US-based Empower Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Nepal (photo supplied by Pollinate Energy) The product suite, including solar lights and solar fans, addresses climate change and human rights issues around poverty, enabling the organisation to directly impact a number of the United Nations Sustainable ...

Climate-related shareholder resolutions put to Rio Tinto, QBE AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... votes on climate-related issues, more than 18% of shareholders at Rio Tinto and QBE backed resolutions related to climate change-related risk. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super On May 2, Rio Tinto held its Australian AGM and ...