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Green jobs: Impactable, Ortec, Goldman Sachs, Compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... to launch innovative Emerging Market impact investment funds." Meanwhile, Maurits van Joolingen has been made head of climate and ESG solutions at Ortec Finance, risk management solution provider for financial institutions. Van Joolingen will be responsible ...

UniSuper defends APA stake amid member backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... develop pipelines for Empire Energy and Tamboran Resources in the Beetaloo Basin. Now 1,045 superfund members, including climate scientists and academics, have delivered an open letter to the board of directors calling on the fund to oppose the plans. ...

Equality backslides for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Development Index notes this downward spiral began with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated labour and supply chain challenges. Climate change will only serve to exacerbate the problem, Netto said. "Resilient societies will become even more critical ...

Podcast: Maintaining competitive advantage in an age of climate transparency with Duncan Paterson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
This week we have Duncan Paterson, Director of Investor Practice at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) on the show to discuss Australia's mandatory climate reporting regime. It's undoubtedly a massive opportunity to open the door wider ...

AXA IM battles poor data on road to net zero

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... engagement by 2025, to 90% by 2030, after reaching 68.9% in 2023. Engagement is both direct and through membership of Climate Action 100+. The fund said it wants to be transparent about progress and recognises that there are ongoing challenges in gathering ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... lead Lisa Butler-Beatty said Australia is likely to follow the UK's lead in tightening ESG-related rules, after the climate-related disclosure regulation was brought in. "The prevention and mitigation of greenwashing remains a regulatory priority ...

MSCI launches offset rating

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... with over 4000 projects scrutinised for legal and ethical dangers. The index provider assessed projects for impact on the climate, environment and society, as well as financial crime, fraud, and sanctions. In MSCI's new ratings system, projects rated ...

Misleading ads rampant for sustainability jobs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... announcement this week from the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) that it would make certain accounting standards on climate reporting mandatory by 2030 sparked a flurry of discussion on how this could be rolled out realistically. It will ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A host of new leadership appointments emphasises growing momentum on sustainability as new climate laws come into force. Tessa Dann has taken the helm as head of sustainable finance for Asia Pacific at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... out of 5 - an increase of just 0.2 from 2023. Over the past year, key areas of progress include Australia's mandatory climate disclosure regime, ongoing work on a sustainable finance taxonomy, and the nation's first sovereign green bond issuance. "Australia ...