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Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... impact bonds, designed to finance environmentally beneficial projects, also suffer from a scarcity of post-issuance reporting data. According to Insight Investment, the absence of a uniform approach results in vastly different carbon emissions data depending ...

Investors push for nature in climate plans

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... than 100 financial institutions with $14 trillion AUM. Investors anticipate that TNFD disclosures will provide essential data to make informed decisions, ensuring that transition plans are science-based, consider capital requirements, engage communities ...

Rise in ESG commitment by global funds: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... management firms, rather than a nice-to-have." "Most asset managers have responded to these trends by investing in people, data, research, and training, resulting in enhanced ESG integration processes, more corporate engagement, and heightened disclosure ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... policies announced by respective governments. Additionally, the European Union put out a total of 32 new climate policies. The data covers the period from November to June 2023, and was compiled by IPR, a climate transition forecasting consortium commissioned ...

Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Investors should actively engage chemical companies, push for transparency, and allocate capital towards reductions in hazardous chemical production and its removal from the environment through innovative funding mechanisms such as green bonds. Global ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate reporting. Investors welcome the development. "As investors, with the introduction of TNFD, we will finally get the data we need to make better decisions and unlock investment opportunities in natural capital," JANA head of sustainability Rachel ...

Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... on 27 February 2024. This will cover 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023 reporting. While many companies have been reporting this data for some years now, this is the first time the information will be made publicly available. In Australia, women's salary ...

Investor group with US$2tr AUM to measure avoided emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... cover 80 specifically defined low-carbon solutions, including biomass energy, recycled plastic, and low-carbon concrete. Data providers will have access to estimate avoided emissions across a wide range of investments, accompanying existing metrics available ...

Guide to identify and manage modern slavery for NSW entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... working to implement this guidance, by providing advice, training, materials, learning opportunities and analysis of reported data and trends."

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... mandatory disclosures as a risk, as well as potential failure of third-party providers to fulfil their obligations around ESG data. It also lists reputational risk from stakeholder and media scrutiny on ESG-related issues, stating: "Different stakeholder ...