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AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... "This landmark initiative not only signals Australia's dedication to addressing climate change and improving environmental outcomes but also underscores our growing prominence in the global green bond market." "By aligning with key green goals and ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie super funds' recent ramp up of fossil fuel holdings breaches their fiduciary duty and puts Australian retirements at risk, researchers say. Despite net zero by 2050 commitments, Australia's largest 30 super funds nearly doubled fossil fuel exposure ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... for financiers to fund sustainable assets and activities. ASFI is consulting on the draft headline ambitions for environmental objectives, which are: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and resilience, biodiversity and ecosystem protection ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... $1.6bn last year. The report's underlying data was compiled by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Sierra Club, Reclaim Finance, Urgewald, and the Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investors in sovereign bonds, and responsible investors that must gauge micro and macro risk to portfolios. The NSW Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week proposed new guidelines forcing heavy-emitters to provide robust short and long-term data ...

The 50 most influential ESG corporate professionals in Australia named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The 50 most influential environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) professionals working at ASX-listed companies have been named by trade publication FS Sustainability in the 2024 ESG Power50 guide. Running for the second year, the ESG Power50 ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Country World Index (ACWI), the global equity index. Beyond this, it targets "a positive impact on the most important environmental and social challenges faced through both investment and engagement." The strategy "does not expose investors to excessive ...

CIM to develop ACCUs with Greening Australia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Conscious Investment Management (CIM) has partnered with an environmental non-profit to jointly develop Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the environmental planting methodology. The first acquisition under the partnership will restore biodiversity ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The Federal Budget is an "excellent down-payment" on clean energy - but fails on nature and biodiversity, gas, electrification, and ACCUs. Treasurer Jim Chalmers aims to unlock $65 billion in renewables by 2030 through the Capacity Investment Scheme. ...

Member accuses UniSuper of greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... our PDS. We see Transurban as having strong business standards and practices as well as a considered approach to environmental, social and governance issues." "In our 2023 Climate report we gave Transurban our highest rating for its emissions reductions ...