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Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
More than 530 investors have thrown their support behind global whole-of-government policy overhaul in an effort to reach net zero. The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis letter released this week counts leading super ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie executives unanimously believe in their companies' ability to grow while reducing greenhouse gas emissions but want Canberra to move faster, according to Deloitte. The professional services firm's annual CxO Sustainability Report, which ...

Climate finance gets $100bn boost: ADB

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The regional development bank has revamped its strategy as part of its goal to be the region's climate bank. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed more than $100 billion in cumulative climate finance from 2019 to 2030, half of its annual ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Woodside disregards historic investor rejection of its climate plan; the energy giant's US$1.2bn natural gas takeover negates its US$2.35bn carbon capture buy "more than 21 times over". Woodside's US$1.2bn bid for Tellurian and its Driftwood ...

Nothing to fear: Sustainable investing trade-offs

MIRZA BAIG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainable investing, and the supposed trade-offs involved, have been a topic of heated debate. But trade-offs are a fundamental part of all types of investment; the key is to be clear about one's objectives. This paper explains: why all investments ...

Firms on back foot: Warning on reporting delays

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
ESG is fast-evolving, often in flux, and ramping up fast as climate rules - and the climate - heats up, the world's largest accounting firm says. Organisations that have been taking a "wait and see" tactic to reporting and climate-related risk are now ...

Indices move beyond carbon tunnel vision

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A global asset manager with A$315 billion in ESG-integrated AUM has launched three new climate indices with a nuanced approach. Robeco has developed the new indices with three levels of progressive action on climate: Low-Carbon Climate Leaders Tilt ...

Asset manager defends climate group exit

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A $US49 billion asset manager confirmed its exit of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), but said it still considers climate an investment risk. Breckinridge Capital Advisors, a certified B Corp, said its ESG approach would not change. The firm has a direct ...

Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The corporate watchdog is sharpening its focus on financial products and services as mandatory climate reporting looms, according to ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke. The regulator has taken action 47 times between April 2023 and June 2024, including ...

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The finance industry welcomes new climate rules to empower investor decision-making and corporate action but urges no further delays in enforcement. Climate reporting will be mandatory for large entities from 1 January 2025, helping investors identify ...