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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: ESG in Action As climate change intensifies, so do the physical and transition risks to industries and companies. But how do investors quantify those changes? Historically, they’ve measured a portfolio’s climate impact based on its carbon footprint or weighted average carbon intensity. By Sara Rosner.

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IGCC Welcomes Australia-New Zealand Climate Finance Pact 

Chris Hall

Australia and New Zealand have reached an agreement to tackle climate change that will see them collaborate alongside other Pacific countries to ensure the “resilience and prosperity” of the region.

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Australian Investors Demand Greater Adaptation Action

Chris Hall

This has included legislating a 2050 net zero target and setting a legally-binding target to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 below 2005 levels. However, according to investors, greater action on adaptation is required by the government to address the steep the economic costs of climate change’s physical impacts. billion (US$143.3

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ESG Ratings: Bottom-line focused but not without broader impact

Jon Hale

End of Week Notes How Bloomberg Businessweek’s takedown of MSCI’s ESG Ratings got it wrong Sustainable investing has attracted its share of criticism lately. Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach. To the contrary, this idea?—?that

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Breaking Down Responsible Investment

Sense and Sustainability

Responsible investment is most often defined as investment that promotes environmental, social, and governance elements/practices deemed as responsible , though it can also be a broader term for other types of similar investment. It also includes risks related to resource scarcity (e.g. eliminating slavery and child labor).

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The ESG Interview: Call for Evidence

Chris Hall

Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments at Phoenix Group, explains how the asset owner is holding managers to account. trillion of investment over the next 15 years. Avoiding the stifling heat in the UK is almost as difficult as avoiding equally stifling conversations about that heat.

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Beyond Profit: The Growing Importance of ESG in the Tech Industry

Chris Hall

In recent years sustainable investment funds began demonstrating superior performance and decreased investment risks to conventional funds. Environmental factors One of the fundamental causes of the triple planetary crisis (climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pollution) is unsustainable consumption and production patterns.