The Minerals Council has claimed to a parliamentary inquiry that many businesses are scared to provide it with evidence because of climate change campaigns against them.
Super funds that fail to assess and manage climate change risks will be in breach of legislative requirements, according to an updated legal opinion by leading barrister, Noel Hutley SC.
The agency that regulates banks, super funds and insurers has issued new draft guidance on climate risk disclosure, which includes advice on dealing with high-risk customers.
As APRA prepares to issue new climate disclosure guidance, New Zealand and the UK are implementing mandatory disclosure regimes, and John Kerry says the US will soon do the same.
A powerful investor alliance has called on 159 big carbon emitters – 12 of them ASX-listed – to improve their climate change performance and do more to align their capital expenditure with Paris goals.