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UBS hires ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... with the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA)'s Green Loan Principles as well as how the assets fit under the Climate Bond Initiative standards and the EU Green taxonomy

"Alarming" lack of capex alignment to 1.5C goals: Climate Action100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... companies in the world are not explicitly aligning their future capex plans with long-term greenhouse gas emission targets, Climate Action 100+ has found. New assessments released today by Climate Action 100+ show some corporate climate progress against ...

Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A new investment app is offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth portfolio of assets that meet climate impact goals with a minimum investment of $500. It was launched ...

Deloitte launches specialist climate solutions practice

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Deloitte Australia has created a specialist climate solutions practice and appointed three partners to lead it. Deloitte Emissions Solutions is led by partners Marni Oaten, Suren Thurairajah and Joe Corvetti, who launched OCT Emissions Solutions (OCTES) ...

Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... The 2022 federal budget has been labelled a "missed opportunity" or a "massive missed opportunity" on areas including climate and sustainable development. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the 2022 Federal Budget delivered a cash ...

The value of knowing what you own

MARY JANE MCQUILLEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... questions as well, as extreme weather events, the IPCC's sixth assessment report delivered in August and the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November (COP26) highlighted the urgency of acting on climate. Companies and governments were ratcheting ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting experts and climate specialists welcomed the release of the draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) but said more needs to be done on the language and metrics. The TNFD beta framework tackles the risk ...

Key sustainability factors impacting business in 2022

LOUISE CAMENZULI  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... to continue in 2022. Indeed, the risks and opportunities presented by the scientific and growing social acceptance of climate change are having an unprecedented effect on the pace of the energy transition globally. It is fair to say that no industry ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nearly a quarter of institutional investors globally say climate change is at the centre of their investment policy, with more than half saying it is a significant factor, according to research from Robeco. Robeco has issued its global climate survey ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
US listed companies will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment under draft rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As part of the proposed rules ...