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COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... at least $350 million in climate infrastructure for the region, including $75 million for a program for off-grid and community scale renewable energy in remote and rural parts of the Pacific. "Joining the CETP further aligns our international public ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... recognise the importance of female representation in decision-making and the role women and girls play at the local community level. "JANA looks forward to seeing firmer support and capital flows towards female entrepreneurs and founders who are supporting ...

Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... how government can help coordinate action between business, financial institutions, non-government organisations and community-based organisations. "For Australia, as is the case globally, the structural shift will require a sustained rise in the level ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... finance head Katharine Tapley, Macquarie agriculture and natural assets global chair Elizabeth O'Leary, and Indigenous community and executive leader, Yorta Yorta man Ian Hamm, join the list. Members also include former Telstra CEO David Thodey, Chartered ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... scale and speed required to transition off of dirty power and accelerate the clean energy future." Some environment and community activist organisations were not so supportive of the move. Abby Maxman, President and CEO of Oxfam America, said: "While ...

COP28 day one recap: US$429m loss and damage fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... threatened to walk out on talks earlier this year if the bank hosted the fund, based on past bureaucratic problems. Community and climate groups welcomed the announcement. However, Greenpeace has stated that the fund doesn't go far enough, and that it ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... availability and quality increases. The Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIR) 2022 comes as the sustainable investing community ramps up for COP28 in UAE which kicks off November 30. The report maps the current state of sustainable investment in ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... intersection with the Safeguard Mechanism. Researchers are also exploring how to value co-benefits, such as First Nation's community outcomes and biodiversity. International trade considerations - how we keep up with the rate of development overseas ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... strategy, representation, compensation and benefits, health and wellbeing, violence and harassment, and marketplace and community. In the Asia Pacific, top companies were Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, Coles Group, Wilmar International,, Woolworths Group ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... seed asset replicates what we did in Victoria but this time in New South Wales, with Bridge Housing, a Sydney-based community housing provider." CIMSHF2 follows the 2021 launch of CIM's first social housing fund, which invested in Australia's first large-scale ...