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The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... according to Climate Bonds Initiative. The European Union's Green Deal aims to mobilise public and private financial resources towards €1 trillion ($1.61 trillion) in green investment over the next decade. The next step is implementing these same ...

Four in five companies prefer penalties to sustainability, study finds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... of respondents believing that companies should strive to be sustainable in all aspects of their operations. The human resources consulting service surveyed more than 1000 workers and found that 45% of employees said their present employer doesn't share ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling companies to set greenhouse gas emissions ...

Global investors set net zero target, implementation lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Peppelenbos said. "We look at the five drivers - climate change, land use change, pollution, exploitation of natural resources and invasive alien species, supported by biodiversity science."

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... increased vulnerabilities that range from loss of livelihood, to heightened risk to health and safety and access to resources and relief. "Boxed up as passive recipients of aid, women's potential as solution holders to the raging climate crisis has largely ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... efficient share and reuse models, producing tangible environmental benefits including reductions in the use of natural resources, waste and carbon emissions." The eight-year €500 million green bond, with a coupon rate of 4.25%, was issued under Brambles' ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... The standard is built around 13 principles: Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Health and Conservation; Protection of Water Resources; Protection of Crops; Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change; Waste and Material Management; Conservation of Biodiversity ...

Platforms up the ante on ESG products, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... increase in FMs who are offering ESG or responsible funds." Platform providers have also augmented the research and ratings resources, McGivern noted. "They've done a number of things, such as their integration with third party ratings and analytics ...

Climate change to shape economy long-term: Forum

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... those competing pressures." In terms of fiscal priorities, Hutley noted that the challenge is using finite financial resources of a budget to make sure that it works for the country to get best policy over the long term. She also said that Australia ...

Qualitas names Fiona Reynolds to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia being a renewable energy powerhouse, and of course we should be that," she said. "We have all of the natural resources that are required for the transition, and that is a great future for our mining sector. "But we should be positioning ourselves ...