Substance: Statement and Paris

substance: They've got a very high-level statement about alignment with Paris but I want to see them do more, he said, according to The Guardian. The substance behind its statement needed to be developed. Australian Super's head of environmental, social and governance issues, Andrew Gray, told Guardian Australia the council was a good example of a group of industry associations that had made a general commitment to the principles of the Paris agreement, designed to limit global heating to 2C, but had failed to say how their members would do so. A high-level statement like that was probably where people were at a few years ago, but people need to keep evolving, he said. BHP could quit Minerals Council after clashes over climate policy Read more Other members of the 370-strong group include Australian fund manager BT, global bank HSBC and California's state pension fund Calpers. Over the coming year, tackling industry associations whose climate agendas did not match the stated goals of member companies would be a priority for Climate Action 100 a global group of investment funds including Australian Super that control more than 35tn in assets. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.