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Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... 2022 alone. The European Commission has confirmed a new requirement for companies to use a new checklist to disclose climate risk, as well as whether they have climate transition plans that align with ESG concerns. Reports for 2024 data are due out in ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... adopted a strategy, just staying silent on some of these issues." Daisy Mallett, a legal consultant specialising in climate risk issues, and co-author of "Greenwashing and how to avoid it: An introductory guide for Asia's finance industry", a collaboration ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Investing in adaptation and resilience measures will build long-term economic stability, but there are barriers preventing private investment, particularly in high-risk regions. Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Jenny McAllister identified ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Davidson said. "It will focus the minds of the 30% of ASX200 companies that continue to provide limited information on climate risk to the market. It's time all companies realise that they, along with the entire economy, face climate risks that they ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... moving away from coal. But this might also mean investors will be expecting higher yields to compensate them for climate risk going forward. Conversely, she said that when renewables went up, yields went down. Governments are "rewarded for lower carbon ...

Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... proteins, as well as the ambition to develop smart and climate-resilient cities in areas of the world vulnerable to climate risk.

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... with a further loss of up to $105 billion for wetlands. The research which includes modelling by analyst company Climate Risk, found that more than 80,000 existing residential, commercial, and industrial properties covering 45,000 hectares will be impacted. ...

Report sounds alarm on data centre climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... factors. The market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% to reach US$6 billion by 2027," the report said. "There is climate risk specific for Australian context - the first way to think about it is the size of the data centre industry," Noble said. ...

APRA strengthens super fund ESG responsibilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... appropriate resources are available to identify and respond to material ESG factors," and specified assessment of climate risk exposures as part of that. The APRA guidance also states that super funds can incorporate environmental and social impact-related ...

Aussie businesses building climate resilience: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australia ranks 107th out of 130 countries for climate risk exposure, but it has inched up a notch to sit in 19th place for its ability to address those risks, according to a new index from commercial property insurer FM Global. The insurer ...