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Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... action now, Australian banks can help halt deforestation, protect biodiversity and lead the transition to a more resilient economy. "Banks need to adopt clear policies to eliminate deforestation from their lending portfolios and invest in internal capability ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... jobs, reduce pressure on energy bills, and lower emissions by boosting renewable energy. The study also found that real-economy decarbonisation in APAC may slow if governments continue to provide fossil-fuel subsidies. "These subsidies can distort markets ...

La Caisse ups climate investment targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... greater ambition by going beyond calculating our portfolio's carbon emissions to work even harder on transitioning the real economy across all sectors by encouraging the companies we invest in to adopt clear and credible decarbonisation plans." La Caisse ...

Green moves: JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... energy innovation initiatives. She served in the Singapore Foreign Service as a diplomat in Beijing, overseeing China's economy and trade policies, before taking up the role at the city-state's finance ministry. Currently, Ding serves on the ...

Instos eye climate tech startups

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... investment officer Ludovic Theau believes the partnership will better position the organisation to support the net zero economy. "We're pleased with this opportunity to advance our investment in early-stage climate technology," Theau said. "This fund ...

Australia ranks 13th on gender parity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... inception in 2006. That's an improvement of 11 years on last year's estimate. Iceland continues to have the most gender-equal economy, with its gap 92.6% closed. This was followed by Finland, Norway, the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, Republic of Moldova ...

Podcast: Measuring nature assets in portfolios

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... how investors can measure and monitor nature risks and opportunities to support the transition towards a nature-positive economy, while adhering to sustainable investment practices.

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... carbon in international trade is the single most effective measure to enable the transformation to a decarbonised global economy via the least-cost pathway. Further, it calls for a regulated, progressively rising price on carbon in international trade ...

EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... adequately protect nature and it is delaying the renewable energy and transmission projects needed to rapidly decarbonise the economy." The EPBC Act was introduced some 25 years ago and has consistently been found to be ineffective in achieving its objectives ...

Australia must address climate adaptation finance gap: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... from water scarcity. The research found that surface water scarcity is the "most significant risk to the Euro area's economy" and under an extreme but plausible drought with a 25-year return period, nearly 15% of economic output would be at risk. ...
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