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No charge for carbon target failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... there is limited reaction and no accountability. ESG ratings often ignore missed climate targets, the research published in Nature Climate Change found. Nearly 10% of the 1041 firms that set 2020 emissions targets failed to achieve those targets. Even ...

TNFD adds to sector guidance, scores funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released final guidance on four new sectors and draft guidance on a further three, as it also nets strategic funding from The Rockefeller Foundation. The TNFD has released final sector ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment frameworks and innovations." The pair will also co-publish analysis and papers on the energy transition, nature and deforestation. Eva Cairns, Scottish Widows' head of responsible investment, said: "We've been working hard behind ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Institute's first report on how investors can mitigate deforestation risk in their portfolios while capitalising on nature-based opportunities. Mirtha Kastrapeli, global head of natural capital and head of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... commentator at Davos, a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Energy Nexus and of the Taskforce for Nature Related Financial Disclosures. The leadership role is a promotion from her prior role as chief commercial and market engagement ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... specialist recruiter talks trends, key skills, remote work, and whether ESG roles are still in high demand. Listen here. 2. Nature-related financial disclosures with Tony Goldner of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) The executive ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Recruitment team at Kaizen Recruitment, which in May released its much-awaited salary guide for ESG roles in 2024. Read here. Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk The Senate Inquiry into the Government's Nature Positive Bills in September ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has finally tackled the complex issue of nature and human rights in the first comprehensive framework published last week. The UN-convened initiative says more investors and companies are ramping up nature ...

Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... changes in funding across some sectors, overarching trends have held relatively steady, largely thanks to the "perpetual nature of legacy foundations," and alignment of philanthropic giving to family values, beliefs, and interest areas. "Many active ...

Why climate-linked exec pay fails

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... checkpoints, 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 ...