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Green moves: Climateworks, Friends of the Earth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... connecting Australia's $5 trillion investment sector to climate policy-making. He previously worked at the Climate Institute for 11 years most recently as the deputy chief executive. In that role, he not only developed policy but actively managed ...

Green moves: Australian Ethical, HOPE Housing, IGCC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... Victoria where he was a senior climate change and energy advisor. He is also a former deputy chief executive of The Climate Institute. "As IGCC's first specialist policy director, Erwin built our policy operation from the ground up, achieving a huge ...

Groups unite against carbon offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
A group of more than 80 global finance industry advocates bodies and nonprofits have come out against the use of carbon offsets, in a letter stating they only delay action. Signatories include Banktrack, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, Finance Watch ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures release draft guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... climate change and the impacts of implementing the Paris Agreement's commitment to limit warming to 1.5-2C, The Climate Institute said. "It is hugely significant that this industry-led task force, at the behest of the G20's financial stability body ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... their strategies for engaging with lawmakers who are independents or from small parties. John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute As of the publication of this article, the Australian Electoral Commission had not finalised the vote count, but it seems ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... are on the AODP index, with 11 are ranked D or lower, including two at X, down from 17 last year, noted the Climate Institute. Internationally, the D group has shrunk from 191 to 157 with $US14 trillion AUM, while the number of X laggards has grown from ...

Companies advised to stress test climate change scenarios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... global warming at 1.5-2C above pre-industrial levels, and to achieve net zero emissions. John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute The Paris Agreement commits countries to taking actions through a variety of mechanisms, with the stipulation that companies ...

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... to assess the financial climate risks that are specific to the Australian economy, said John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute. "Australia can't simply rely on international efforts to address every aspect of our own financial climate risk," Connor ...

Vote Your Pension platform calls for global member action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of non-government organisations including the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and The Climate Institute have launched a platform to pressure asset owners to support a shareholder resolution at Chevron's annual general meeting later ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... terms of assets owners responding to climate change risks. "It's a real mixed bag," said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute, the Australian agent of AODP. "There has been a slight improvement overall, but I think, even on the relative scale, internationally ...
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