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APRA releases guidance on climate change risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... scenario analysis to inform understanding of long-term risks and opportunities, evidencing plans to manage risks through mitigation plans, including through engaging customers and counterparties, and reporting relevant information to board and senior ...

Australia needs 2035 net zero target: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... framework "to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains and mitigation actions," according to the GHG Protocol website. The report also recommends mandatory reporting of Scope 3 emissions. ...

RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... bond markets in Asia. The RBA will also "conduct analysis to monitor the implications of climate change and related mitigation policies for the economy and the transmission of monetary policy through financial markets and the banking system to households ...

Fiji, Australia sign Indo-Pacific Carbon Offsets Scheme deal at COP26

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... our two countries share expertise to ensure Fiji is internationally recognised as a source of high-integrity carbon mitigation outcomes," Prime Minister Morrison said. "We look forward to working with Fiji, other members of our Pacific family and Asian ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... NDCs. Of special interest is the potential for market-based trading solutions through "internationally transferred mitigation outcomes," or ITMOs. "These ITMOs represent reductions in global emissions achieved in one country and then traded to another ...

Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia, governments alone committed to provide US$100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020 - money to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change. For its part, the Australian government provided AU$1.5 billion ...

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... grant to identify nature-based restoration activities which will improve livelihoods, biodiversity and climate change mitigation outcomes on the mid-north NSW coast. Image courtesy of Timothy K on Unsplash

Uptick in web application attacks on financial institutions: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... improve defenses as well as improve governance around cyber security risks, Wilson said. "The best place to make that mitigation is as close to the source as possible, furthest from the infrastructure," he said. "We are talking about a layered defense ...

Banks' role in global decarbonisation under spotlight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... banks are the partners to that journey." Banks there are not only exposed to climate change's physical, adaptation and mitigation impacts via their direct activities, but also exposed to broader financial stability risks given the deep interconnectivity ...

Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... intelligence and fund services and data and analytics, as well as public companies focused on ESG and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. "We remain committed to helping our clients as they increasingly consider global ...