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Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... cutting edge with net zero technologies, how companies engaging with local communities and whether they understand their impact on and are taking action to minimise their impact on nature. That's the information that we're looking to absorb when ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors support the federal government's announcement of an expansion to the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to 32 GW of renewable energy - up from 9 GW - to enable the federal renewable energy target of 82% by 2030. Federal Climate and Energy ...

Workplace conduct a financial risk: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... coined the term "culture-based financial risks" to encapsulate the ways in which culture can pose risks to investors and impact on shareholder value and issued a whitepaper, Workplace Misconduct: The underestimated systemic implications for investors ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... misinformed investment decisions and capital allocation. "When consumers are unaware or misinformed about the true environmental impact of products and services, they make choices that are harmful to the environment - and at direct odds with their intention ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... that sits under the E and the S and the G. "The Sustainable Development Goals are very interlinked. Any of those goals can impact a climate, but it has social elements to it. There's a lot of siloing of the E the S and the G, rather than seeing the interconnectedness ...

Macquarie opens clean energy arm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... long-term sustainable development of these assets," he added. "We believe it's through partnerships that we can have the most impact. That's why we will prioritise long-term relationships and meaningful collaboration in developing our projects." Lachlan ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investment towards the Science in Australia Gender Equality (SAGE) Silver Accreditation, which is based on an international impact focused accreditation program, Athena Swan. "La Trobe's inaugural Sustainability-Linked Loan demonstrates our deep commitment ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A range of new tools have been released from organisations including Moody's Investors Service, ISS STOXX, Global Impact Investing Network, UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment, Bloomberg and Riskthinking.AI. Moody's releases framework ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... able act sufficiently to contain climate change to 1.5 degrees of warming by 2050, there will still be degree of physical impact that is literally baked in, and a degree of volatility in the transition that can be hard to predict, introducing challenges ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... and waste disposal, thus giving companies a basis for already-existing data and analysis, nature-related dependency and impact analysis is a wider lens. "I think one of the risks of really focusing on those areas that have been regulated is that it's ...