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Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Despite being voted down by the Australian public, the First Nations Voice to Parliament saw support from the private sector which viewed the federal advisory body as the next step for reconciliation. As the dust settles, experts say finance has an ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Growing awareness in finance regarding nature conservation and the opportunities related to natural capital is increasingly top of mind for investors. FS Sustainability recently hosted its inaugural event in Sydney supported by ISS ESG, where experts ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Connecting how the finance sector can connect with innovations in biodiversity, natural capital and work being done on the ground in sectors like the agricultural industry is the next stage in driving real world impacts in protecting the natural world. ...

New EU rules at the border and beyond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Stay ahead of new EU sustainability rules at the border and beyond: World-first European Green Bond standard, EU launches Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) slated for 2024. World-first European ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Insurance leaders have reframed the challenge of climate risk as an opportunity, stating that physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance. Finity Consulting principal Rade Musulin and Swiss Reinsurance head of property ...

Australian Unity inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... EBITDA for 2023 was $161.5 million, an increase of $17.3 million over the previous corresponding period, and a profit after tax of $56.8 million -up $11.1 million. Australian Unity has also released its 2023 Impact Report, which details how the company ...

Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government is considering introducing a carbon tariff on carbon-intensive imports such as steel and cement to level the playing field for Australian business that are incurring costs to decarbonise their products. If Australia introduces ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... programs, there is a tendency to limit the economic impact to more easily quantifiable amounts. For instance the cost of the R&D Tax Incentive is often measured as the cost of the tax benefit received by claimants plus the cost of administration (by ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Institutional investors worldwide face a moment of truth for their commitment to improving ESG. Over 4000 investors and managers representing US$120 trillion in assets under management have now signed on to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Businesses and investors are balancing how to set and communicate ambitious net zero targets decarbonisation without greenwashing or greenhushing, and getting that correct is a challenge. Regulators around the world have been cracking down on greenhushing ...