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Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... said investments in infrastructure, human capital, energy production and distribution and measures to deal with climate change and its effects are high on the list. "Businesses, as well as governments across Australia are addressing these areas and it ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... governance matters for many years, we see that shareholder value is increasingly being driven by issues such as climate change, labour practices, and consumer product safety," the letter said. "We believe that addressing material ESG issues is good business ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... to the tourism industry; we don't know what it will do to infrastructure assets such as airports, airlines." Climate change, Costello warned, was a longer-term risk, now shadowed by the global threat of the virus. Meanwhile, independent financial ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... Related Disclosures (TCFD) report, identifying the risks and opportunities for its members' savings stemming from the climate change crisis. NGS Super was among the top five funds for three-year risk-adjusted returns, to September end, according to Rainmaker. ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... Estate did note that the 2019-2020 budget reduced funding to National Parks, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Climate Change Authority." Morrison's cash splash, and more, if required, would go a long way towards the recovery from the bushfire, even ...

Light on horizon for global economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... International Monetary Fund has predicted an upturn in the global economy in 2020, though the biggest risk to a rebound is climate change. In 2019 the global economy experiences the weakest growth since the Global Financial Crisis, but the IMF is expected ...

Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... community, asked to rank their concerns in terms of likelihood and impact. The report argues the world is waking up to climate change. "The near-term consequences of climate change add up to a 'planetary emergency'," it said. "Governments, markets ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... board's ties to the fossil fuel sector. In an open letter to other business leaders, the newly "woke" Fink likened climate change to the dot-com bubble and the global financial crisis... but worse. "Climate change is different. Even if only a fraction ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... #WakeUpRoger began trending on Twitter. Federer has responded to the mounting criticism. "I take the impacts and threat of climate change very seriously, particularly as my family and I arrive in Australia amidst devastation from the bushfires," Federer ...

UniSuper on climate chopping block

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... improve climate risk management," Market Forces said. "However, UniSuper has failed to vote in favour of a single climate change-related shareholder resolution in Australia, based on the fund's disclosed proxy votes to 30 June 2019." Investment information ...