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Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... distinguished based on their alignment to sustainable activities. "The absence of a sustainable finance taxonomy in Australia has been a significant barrier to investment in climate solutions, including clean energy, in Australia," said ASFI CEO Kristy ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should "take account of climate risks but not use monetary policy to address them," a recommendation made as part of a sweeping overhaul of how the central bank functions. As reported in sister publication Financial ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... modern slavery, and there has been a significant rise of people in modern slavery over the last five years. In 2020, Australia introduced the Modern Slavery Act and companies have responded with reporting on exposures and risks in their operations and ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... trillion dollars of investment between now and 2050. The Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG) has released Decarbonising Australia: Accelerating our energy transition with a credible 1.5°C scenario, a report that outlines a path to decarbonise the NEM ...

ASX 200 modern slavery disclosure lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has commissioned Compliance without ambition: Taking stock of ASX200 reporting under Australia's Modern Slavery Act, a report produced by Pillar Two. It describes analysis of ASX200 companies against 46 quality indicators ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunities to sufficiently invest in Australian transition industries are hard to come by. New research finds that Australia is well-positioned to build profitable climate industries. Institutional investors, who collectively manage trillion of dollars ...

Reducing carbon emissions without affecting tracking error: Realindex

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Investors can achieve significant carbon reductions with low tracking error in global equities portfolios, according to research from Realindex Investments. The systematic equities manager recently analysed a basket of global equities indices from December ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... inclusion; and Nature Action 100. The company has $275 billion in sustainability integrated assets, with $25 billion in Australia. With a success rate of 72%, the company has 250 engagement cases and programs with over 200 companies including Rio Tinto ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... what to do with an estimated 80 million solar panels at end of life - more than 100,000 tonnes due to be dismantled in Australia from 2035 onwards. This enormous volume of waste means there is a big opportunity for investors to profit by helping companies ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
A little more than 11% of ASX300 C-Suite executives are women, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The latest AICD Gender Diversity Report has revealed that while the gender representation of non-executive ...