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COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... to streamline ESG practices globally, with input from 1,900 experts across 128 countries. According to the independent standard-setter, ESG regulations surged by 155% globally in the last decade. Also at COP29, leaders agreed to set up a framework for ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Coles and Wesfarmers have been named among the most successful case studies of company engagement in the fight against slavery. Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific (IAST APAC) published its annual report this week highlighting investor ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... tirelessly to win back the confidence of investors and our whole MinRes team." This article first appeared in Financial Standard.

Invesco Advisers pays $26m over false ESG claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... agreed to a cease and desist but did not admit any wrongdoing or liability. This article first appeared in Financial Standard.

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies could be forced to adopt more nature positive practices if nature-related risk policies and legislation that are gaining traction overseas are adopted locally. According to panelists at the 'The next nexus: A story of nature-related ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Physical climate risks could wipe out the lion's share of investor money into infrastructure assets by 2050, research shows, but there is a way to dodge a crisis, delegates heard. Day two of the IGCC summit kicked off with a brighter mood than the ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Climate litigation is on the rise, with incoming legislation and a Trump-led US government amping up the risks in the next four years - and new types of lawsuits are emerging. Speaking at the IGCC summit this week in Melbourne, academic expert Jaqueline ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Gold is shining brighter than ever in 2024 with a record-breaking 37 all-time price highs so far but while this asset offers security to investors in tough times, it has its own ESG issues to solve. While gold is nearly carbon neutral when in the vault ...

Short term thinking cripples efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Fry said. "I would like the industry to move to a position where equity is on the table from the get-go... it should be standard and offered as an option, it shouldn't be up to us mob." The event also drew learnings from other First Nations Peoples ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... build and maintain them. John Quiggin, a professor of economics at the University of Queensland, told a recent Financial Standard podcast that Australia appears to be spending a lot of money without a clear strategic rationale or discussion from the ...