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COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
An eleventh-hour agreement on carbon markets was the major outcome of the world's largest climate conference which spiraled into an ineffective platform for international negotiation. After a decade of negotiations, parties agreed on Article 6 ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... BlackRock dismissed the complaint as "meritless". "As a fiduciary, our focus is to help our clients achieve their selected investment goals. The overwhelming majority of holdings referenced are held in index funds chosen by our clients themselves, and ...

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... mitigate adverse risks; Consider institutional mandates, constraints, and precedential implications; and Assess impact on investment mobilisation. The principles apply only when IFC actively exits a project - not in cases where clients pre-pay loans ...

Why climate-linked exec pay fails

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... tying executive remuneration to climate goals is unlikely to be effective," she said. Alongside climate and nature investment and advisory firm Pollination, IGCC assessed 14 high-emitting ASX-listed companies against best practice in climate-linked pay ...

Responsible funds thrive despite greenwash fears: RIAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Despite greenwashing being a major deterrent to responsible investment in 2024, the sector still saw $1.6 trillion inflows and returns outperformed the traditional Australian shares market. Responsible Investment Association Australasia's (RIAA) annual ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... end-to-end digital lifecycle management. Since 2021, the partnership has widened access to DWS's infrastructure investment business for the private wealth channel, DWS said. And in 2023, the sustainable infrastructure offering was made available ...

Podcast: An introduction to 24/7 clean energy with Ian Lieblich

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The next wave of sustainability investment professionals is poised to benefit from a new movement. The 24/7 clean energy approach could surpass 100% renewable energy status as the way to manage our escalating global energy use. Google and Microsoft ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... reach an agreement on financing. The Taskforce on Net Zero Policy and its Secretariat the Principles for Responsible Investment said more strategic and effective mobilisation of both public and private capital is needed to drive climate mitigation, adaptation ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... times every dollar invested, a climate resilience specialist said. "We've suggested that this is a $100 billion investment opportunity - I think that's an understatement," said Botha. "We all know that climate hazards are getting more intense ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... demand for goods is customers desiring more but wanting to pay less," said Kate Turner, global head of responsible investment, First Sentier Investors and chair, IAST APAC. "Behind the closed doors... is an estimated 50 million victims of modern slavery. ...