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Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting requirements. The sector grew by 59% in the past 20 years in real terms, but with agriculture contributing 10-35% of global emissions, its vulnerability to climate impacts as well as dependence on the sector means uniquely positioned to lead ...

Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Programme Finance Initiative and Principles for Responsible Investment, and is supported by World Wide Fund for Nature and Global Optimism. In 2023, 69 members with US$8.4 trillion in AUM set intermediate climate targets in line with the Alliance's Target-Setting ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... conclusion," as well as requiring reporting entities to convert greenhouse gases into a CO2 equivalent value using "the global warming potential values from the same Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report as that applying under the ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... disclosures at BHP, Origin, Rio Tinto, Santos and Woodside - all companies with which ACCR regularly engages - against the Global Standard for Responsible Climate Lobbying, an investor-led framework for assessing Paris-alignment of corporate climate ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Steering the economy away from emissions-intensive industries comes significant social and economic risks that arise from transitioning communities. Institutional investors need to integrate these risks into their strategies or risk a "messy, chaotic ...

Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Global investment in climate tech solutions has fallen 40%, but despite falling in absolute terms, climate tech investments as a proportion of start-up investments continue to rise, with APAC leading on investment in mobility-related start-ups. This ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Property Group and Scentre Group have ranked among the top real estate firms in the world in the biggest year to date for the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assessment. This year GRESB Real Estate Assessment participation increased ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... investment in these commodities. Australia's critical minerals industry is seen as having an important role in the global net zero transition and in supporting Australia to become a renewable energy superpower, and investors are exploring how to ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... 2019 volumes, MDB 2022 climate finance for low and middle-income economies grew by 46% (from US$41.5 billion in 2019) and global MDB climate finance by 62% (from US$61.6 billion in 2019). The data, coordinated by the European Investment Bank (EIB), was ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Approved Verifier status for green bonds by the Climate Bonds Standard Board. The Climate Bonds Initiative scheme is a global framework used by borrowers, issuers, governments, investors, and the financial markets to identify and certify investments ...