Nov 30, 2021 | Member News
AMCouncil December Meeting Point e-news is out now, packed with all the latest and greatest AMCouncil happenings and news from the past month, including links to some great technical articles, news, interviews and announcements. Check your inboxes now!
Nov 25, 2021 | Sustainability & Resilience News
In a recently published report from the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI), the paper focuses on the need to incorporate physical climate risks in infrastructure design and investment decision-making. It presents how the CCRI is addressing the ‘climate resilience market failure’ through the implementation of tools, methodologies and principles to help the various stakeholders involved in infrastructure, including the financial industry, build resilience to a changing climate. For further reading and to download the report, visit: https://resilientinvestment.org/risk-and-resilience-report
Nov 25, 2021 | Sustainability & Resilience News
The initiative of the GI Hub is tracking the amount of infrastructure as a stimulus announced by G20 governments and presents ongoing analyses and data insights to help governments, investors, multilateral development banks, and project directors achieve transformative outcomes from infrastructure in the post-COVID-19 recovery. Read more here: https://transformativeinfratracker.gihub.org/overview
Nov 25, 2021 | Sustainability & Resilience News
The AMCouncil recently participated in a round-table discussion and an exclusive interview with Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment officials regarding transformation of e-waste into e-resource.
Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management, Hon Trevor Evans has acknowledged the assistance from the AMCouncil in a letter.
Watch out for the release of the consultation later this year inviting submissions on this topic.
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Nov 25, 2021 | Sustainability & Resilience News
Click here to download a handy 28 page easy to read reference document outlining the main achievements of COP26 under the headings of:
- Mitigation
- Adaptation
- Finance
- Collaboration
Nov 15, 2021 | Sustainability & Resilience News
The AMCouncil is delighted to see two participants from our Sustainability & Resilience in Asset Management’s special interest group’s (SRiAM SIG) Climate Risk working group will be speaking at this week’s Engineers Australia Climate Smart Engineering Conference.
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