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Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... metrics, Kitto says no standard goes far enough. For example, while "certification on its own won't address the sustainability and ethics issues related to chocolate," Chocolate Scorecard coordinated by Be Slavery Free has a global reach of over a billion. ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Impact Research (PIK), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Center for Global Sustainability at the University of Maryland (UMD), Climate Analytics (CA), and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). ...

New Forests to sell NZ assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... working closely with the on the ground property managers, have increased production, improved efficiencies, and added sustainability metrics to improve the overall health of the assets," said New Forests managing director, Australia and New Zealand David ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Management has launched a new open-ended, positive impact investment vehicle with a target AUM of $1 billion. The Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy will own and operate a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, broadacre cropping and infrastructure ...

Podcast: Jane Ambachtsheer - the building blocks of a sustainable business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable investor as a global fund manager. Joining us for this conversation is BNP Paribas Asset Management head of sustainability Jane Ambachtsheer. BNP Paribas Asset Management focus on three sustainability themes - energy transition, the environment ...

ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... that the Sustainable Plus options were marketed as being are suitable for members who "are deeply committed to sustainability" because they excluded investments in companies involved in carbon intensive fossil fuels like thermal coal. Exclusions were ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... risk in its risk management framework," Jessica Holgersson, senior associate at Equity Generation Lawyers told FS Sustainability. "However, all banks should be considering how these two material risks are being managed." A legal opinion published in ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... of Rockhampton in Queensland. The goal is for the total projects to be fully operational by 2025, Austin told FS Sustainability. The Ethical Fund has a broader mandate, Austin said. "The Ethical Fund finances wind and solar and does some social infrastructure ...

"Looming" governance gap as reporting becomes mandatory

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... concept becomes more integrated into the industry, with teams increasingly comprising of staff with specialist sustainability skills alongside traditional finance experience. ESG is becoming embedded into commercial decision-making, but a "looming" skills ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... with companies beyond ESG grounds. While Balkrishna supports companies adopting ISSB standards 1 and 2 relating to sustainability and climate, his focus is on measuring impact. "ESG is about companies' footprint and social treatment, and we're ...