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Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Australian businesses risk having to pay an expensive levy to export goods to the European Union based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The European Parliament's environment committee recently ...

Investors back climate bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
A range of investors have backed independent MP Zali Steggall draft climate change law in testimony to a parliamentary inquiry. A broad swathe of businesses, conservationist, scientist, health professionals and investors have broadly backed the proposed ...

Climate Action 100+ aviation engagement takes off

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ will conduct its first sector-specific strategy with companies in the aviation industry, including Qantas. Aviation is the first in a series of sector strategies that is being developed to help investors "push for greater ambition ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian government will join the international Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) and will refresh the National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. The CCRI is a finance sector-led initiative of more than 75 institutional ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
With Joseph R. Biden Jr officially becoming the 46 th president of the United States, a series of executive actions have brought the US back to the international table on a number of ESG grounds, with meaningful implications for Australia's economy ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
A proposed federal inquiry will examine the legality of banks and insurers' decisions to withdraw from lending or insuring mining projects on climate risk grounds. The big banks and regulators including APRA and ASIC are expected to be called to the ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
The world's third largest asset manager will join Climate Action 100+, the world's largest investor engagement initiative on climate change. State Street Global Advisors, which has nearly USD $3.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM), will sign ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
A coalition of more than 80 organisations including banks, insurers, super funds and other stakeholders have released an ambitious list of recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
As US states continue to count the votes in a historic election impacted by the COVID-19's pandemic risks and political volatility, financial market participants responded to the near term uncertainty and attempted to forecast potential outcomes of ...

Investors, assemble: Climate League launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A group of 16 institutional investors with more than $850 billion collective Australian assets under management have launched a 10-year initiative to drive greenhouse gas emissions down by 2030. The Climate League 2030 will see participants "support ...