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Podcast: From silos to synergy
First Sentier Investors' global head of responsible investment Kate Turner joins The Greener Way to discuss how accounting for the many inter-reactions and flow-on effects of addressing specific sustainability issues can lead to improved outcomes.
Plenti wins WA government mandate
ASX-listed Plenti Group has won a mandate from the Western Australian government to help the state accelerate the adoption of batteries.
Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance
Despite the raging global trade war, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is calling for carbon tariffs on some imports and for Australia to lead the way for a regional Asian carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).
Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.
I completely agree. There are various stock exchanges around the world make ESG reporting mandatory.
Traditional financial analysis already accounts for certain "intangibles"-such as goodwill-but up to this point has been less successful in integrating more dynamic, nonfinancial attributes. ESG factors represent a broad set of intrinsic concerns that may ultimately affect valuation of equity, fixed-income, real estate, and infrastructure investments.