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World's first social value measurement tool launches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... with the ability to add measures and themes to reflect local priorities. It draws from global data sources like United Nations and World Bank, along with national government statistics to reflect economic conditions, social priority and cultural contexts. ...

Minderoo commits $9m to boost ocean impact investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... Humanitarian Personnel while contributing $1.52 million (US$1m) to safeguard frontline aid workers on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly. The funds will be deployed in collaboration with fellow signatories to strengthen protection, as the ...

Australia could gain $190bn windfall as Trump snubs net zero

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... doubled." The report suggests that Australia has a chance to show global leadership as it prepares to co-host the United Nations climate summit COP31 with Pacific nations next year. Hutley said the federal government has an opportunity to better protect ...

BlackRock, Vanguard bankroll 'genocide', illegal occupation: UN

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
A new report by the United Nations claims BlackRock and Vanguard are the major asset managers profiting from "sustaining the illegal Israeli occupation [of Palestinian territories] and its ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza". UN special rapporteur Francesca ...

UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management. Pedro Guazo has been named Northern Trust Asset Management's new head of international and responsible investing. Joining in August ...

'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... many anti-ESG steps Trump took as soon as he took power was to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He also revoked the Biden administration's US International Climate Finance Plan ...

ISS ESG introduces new Sustainability Bond Rating

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... labeled bonds, such as those by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), as well as alignment with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ratings measure absolute performance using a 12-point grading scale from ...

US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... change, under a new administration that is solely focused on putting America first. Minister counsellor to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Edward Heartney told a UN General Assembly last week that the government under President ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... diligence with experience at the Walk Free Foundation and Woolworths Group. The $170+ trillion, 500-plus member-strong United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has named Martin Koehring as a consultant on the sustainable blue ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the urgency of climate change, the proper stewardship of food is central to drive ESG outcomes and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The sector also provides long-term financial returns, says Lin, arguing that investors ...