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Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... significant disparities remained. The top 10 nations for gender parity were: Iceland Finland Norway New Zealand Sweden Nicaragua Germany Namibia Ireland Spain Eastern Asia and Pacific ranked fourth for gender equality with a score of 69.2%. The region's ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... and supply-chain related disclosure in markets such as Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Norway, driven by significant regulatory developments in recent years." "The modern slavery solution's new reporting functionality ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... path to a carbon neutral economy." The LOGICs fund will focus on energy efficient assets in key markets including France, Germany, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The investment also brings Rest closer to its target of achieving a 1% allocation ...

Impact investing drops down the list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... last year's survey (63%). In in Singapore and the UK, survey respondents cited 5% less appeal to impact investing. In Germany, it was down 4%. The US saw a smaller drop of 1% between 2022 and 2023. This decline is also generational. For Gen Z Australians ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Response (IPR)'s list was the US with 38 policy developments put out in the first half of 2023, followed by China (17), Germany (12), India (12), and Brazil (11) ahead of Australia (10) in the total number of climate policies announced by respective ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate action, alongside 134 countries including Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, the UK and the US. The country did not join Australia and 119 countries to commit to the Global Renewables ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Law Programme senior research associate Rupert Stuart-Smith, co-author, commented. The paper identified the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Canada as next in the running, with 100, 77, 54, and 35 lawsuits to date respectively. This comes as FS Sustainability ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate action, joining 134 countries including Brazil, China, Germany, Indonesia, the UK and the US. Signatories collectively account for 70% of global food consumption and are responsible for 76% ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... pay for the impacts of climate change. The initial funding is close to US$429m. Host nation the United Arab Emirates and Germany both pledged US$100 million. EU countries pledged US$245 million, while the UK pledged $75 million, the US $24.5 million ...