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'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... many anti-ESG steps Trump took as soon as he took power was to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He also revoked the Biden administration's US International Climate Finance Plan ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... labeled bonds, such as those by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), as well as alignment with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ratings measure absolute performance using a 12-point grading scale from ...

US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... change, under a new administration that is solely focused on putting America first. Minister counsellor to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Edward Heartney told a UN General Assembly last week that the government under President ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... diligence with experience at the Walk Free Foundation and Woolworths Group. The $170+ trillion, 500-plus member-strong United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has named Martin Koehring as a consultant on the sustainable blue ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the urgency of climate change, the proper stewardship of food is central to drive ESG outcomes and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The sector also provides long-term financial returns, says Lin, arguing that investors ...

Podcast: Impact investing vs philanthropy - UN SDGs with Read Taylor Price

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... progress, we are now seeing rising inequality and poverty reaching levels not seen in a century, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In response, there's been an uptick in demand for companies to report on social impact ...

Equality backslides for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... social-related impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities. According to one of the founding partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), this can't come soon enough. "The launch of the Taskforce takes place against the backdrop ...

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... former treasurer of the World Bank. Gabriela Ramos is assistant director-general for social and human sciences at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In the US market, avid mountaineer Ashley Pullen has landed her ...

ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... actors" with a willingness to transition to greener solutions. Entities contributing direct impact on furthering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through their products and services are considered Promoters. ClearBridge said the introduction ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... mortgages worth less than US$0.5trn. Paris Agreement signatories are obligated to update their NDCs ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference ('COP30') in Brazil in 2025. NDCs are emissions reduction commitments that signatories made ...
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