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ESG salaries revealed, talent shortage predicted as demand surges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... organisation. The necessary skillsets range across broad ESG issues such as climate change, human rights, modern slavery, biodiversity, the report found. The top ESG skills in high demand include: research, data analysis, quantitative skills, proxy voting ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Your Super performance test to ensure long-term goals like the government's net zero target and other issues like biodiversity and just transition are not in conflict with short-term performance concerns. "We're having a look at the benchmarking exercise ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... pension schemes. Human capital and the "dark side of the green transition" Bratton Hughes said that while climate and biodiversity has been getting its time in the spotlight, human capital and labour is now high on the firms' list of priorities. The ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... solutions in Australia and New Zealand. The ANZ-based team aims to address complex problems related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and emissions reduction. The new team will bring together AECOM's specialists in climate resilience, ecology, natural ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... on key ESG issues. Robeco launched its focused engagement program in 2020, with key themes focused on protecting biodiversity and improving mining safety. Last year, the themes were net zero emissions; natural resource management: water and waste; diversity ...

Karoon Energy aims for net zero 2035 target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... criteria around that. One of these is that they must be both [Verified Carbon Standard] VCS and [Climate, Community and Biodiversity] CCB certified." Layering on to that, Karoon focuses on finding co-benefits through focusing on projects located in Brazil ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... capital is hailed as being fertile waters for significant environmental and social benefits, from supporting marine biodiversity to driving sustainable economic growth in emerging economies and marginalised communities. Many of these micro projects are ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon intensity, carbon footprint, along with forward looking indicators that capture transition preparedness." Biodiversity is a rising issue for Northern Trust Asset Management, and the asset manager is paying close attention to developments of the ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the vast majority of businesses across sectors and are reflected in global policy priorities, including the Global Biodiversity Framework Core Sector Disclosure Metrics - to enable capital providers to make comparable assessments of businesses within ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... investors implementing and delivering on commitments, particularly net zero commitments," said Robeco climate and biodiversity strategist Lucian Peppelenbos. "We continue to see strong momentum on the climate and expanding into biodiversity and the just ...