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Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Large companies will get an additional six months to get their books in order as Canberra pushes back the date for reporting under its mandatory climate disclosure regime. The bill establishes a framework to protect financial market infrastructure during ...

Historic data stymies climate risk pricing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Institutional investors warn that the current methodologies for pricing climate change risk are inadequate and often lead to unintended outcomes and risk-and-return trade-offs, the head of responsible investing research at a specialist global asset ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... decarbonisation, affordably, Fink said. Capital markets have the power to help ensure the transition is "fair" and bring down the "green premium". "Decarbonisation and energy security are the two macroeconomic trends driving the demand for more energy ...

Podcast: Growing the impact of corporate sustainability with Kylie Porter

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
On this episode of The Greener Way, we're talking sustainability and intersectionality with Kylie Porter, Group Head of Sustainability, SunRice Group. Kylie has worked across a wide variety of organisations, but always at the intersection of the ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... alongside eight other heavyweights. The other senior advisors hail from the World Economic Forum (WEF), Global Canopy, the Green Finance Institute, NatureFinance, and more. TNFD co-chair Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, who has held the role since the TNFD was ...

Fund managers "eagerly" await green Treasury bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Banking Corporation have been appointed as Joint Lead Managers (JLMs) for the initial public offering of the first June 2034 green Treasury bond. The green bonds are set to be issued between April and June 2024 by the Australian Office of Financial Management ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... compared with the US spending more than double this, and South Korea almost triple. Innovative finance mechanisms such as green bonds can be used to allocate funding towards research and development initiatives in areas such as renewable energy and green ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) is bringing its Plastic Circularity Fund to Australia, following a first close last year with backing from the sovereign wealth fund of Monaco, among others. The LOIM Plastic Circularity Fund (Australia), a private ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

Podcast: Driving high (ESG) performance with Fiona Mann

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Joining us for this conversation on The Greener Way is Brighter Super head of Aussie equities and ESG Fiona Mann to talk about the fund's approach to ESG and what high performance means in a variety of settings and professions.