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MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... director. Impact Alpha Partners (IAP), founded in 2023, sought Lucchese's expertise spanning environmental science, climate risk and sustainable finance. As FS Sustainability 's sister magazine Industry Moves reported in April, Lucchese recently joined ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... climate goals." Market Forces' new analysis highlights how all directors of companies failing to meet investors' stated climate risk management expectations must face increased scrutiny and repercussions for inaction. "Directors of companies continuing ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... super funds, have been calling for greater disclosure in order to make better-informed investment decisions around climate risk - but some companies pushed back, citing fears around greenwashing litigation if they couldn't get their houses in order in ...

Historic data stymies climate risk pricing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... research at a specialist global asset manager says. Fund managers want to make better decisions when it comes to climate risk - but feel that current methodologies for pricing this risk are unsuitable and often lead to unintended outcomes and risk-and-return ...

Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... amount of sustainable financing and ESG investments, the reduction of electricity consumption in the bank's buildings, climate risk management, improvements in gender diversity, and governance factors including control risk management, anti-money laundering ...

Firms wrestle with ESG data challenges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... and instrument data. Fulfilling regulatory requirements was the next highest priority (35%), followed by meeting climate risk and net zero objectives (18%). "While quality and comparability remain a global challenge, data management is coming into sharp ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Rural climate projects now offer a wide range of opportunities for "green" investors to pile into. The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded nearly $280,000 for community-led climate solutions projects in remote, rural and regional ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... including asset owners." The network has now launched phase two of its engagement plan to push companies to address climate risk and implement transition plans. Following this, 60 new signatories with approximately US$3 trillion in AUM have joined globally. ...

Directors sweat on climate: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie directors are feeling the heat on climate risk and regulatory pressure, while preparation for mandatory climate reporting is a mixed bag. The majority (80%) of Australian directors are concerned about climate-related risks. Of those who reported ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... decision-making, with financiers who have the least personal concern for climate change also the least likely to consider climate risk factors, beyond government regulation, into their investment decision-making. This indicates some are allowing personal ...
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