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Fintech Bloom Impact to cultivate retail climate investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A new investment app is offering retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth portfolio of assets that meet climate impact goals with a minimum investment of $500. It was launched ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting experts and climate specialists welcomed the release of the draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) but said more needs to be done on the language and metrics. The TNFD beta framework tackles the risk ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
US listed companies will be required to report on carbon emissions, climate-related goals and transition plans and climate-related risk assessment under draft rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As part of the proposed rules ...

CBA highlights strong demand for ACCUs in push to expand carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market must scale up in terms of supply while maintaining its reputation for high integrity, according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia. One of the challenges in Australia's carbon market is that there is a ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has backed a technology platform designed to cut the cost of measuring and monitoring soil health and carbon levels - a key component in cutting land-based emissions. The CEFC has allocated $1.6 million to ...

Proxy advisers criticise new government reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Proxy advisers and advocacy bodies including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have criticised new rules governing proxy advice that will commence in February 2022. Beginning 7 February, all proxy advisers must hold a financial ...

Property manager buys nearly 100,000 carbon credits for offsetting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... properties - from 73,000 tonnes of CO2 to slightly more than 51,000 tonnes of CO2. Maynard noted that this year, they extended the ACCU transaction to two years upfront (FY21 and FY22). "We have been committed to the whole-of-investment impact that ISPT ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Integrating sustainability across businesses and industries has moved from the "why" to the "how," but more work is needed to meet critical challenges in sustainability progress, according to a recent panel hosted by the Banksia Foundation. Representatives ...

Deep impact: the next step in sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Impact investing has previously more been identified with private market strategies and investments in specific use of proceeds bonds like green bonds or social impact bonds, where the allocation of capital is directly tied to the activity of the use ...

CEFC makes $25m allocation to Orica to manage nitrous oxide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
The CEFC is making its first direct investment into the manufacturing sector with a $25 million commitment to Orica to abate nitrous oxide emissions. The $25 million allocation will allow Orica to upgrade processing plants used in the production of ...