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Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are increasingly concerned about the "twin crises" of biodiversity loss and climate change resulting from deforestation. That was a key finding of ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's first report on how investors ...

Climate ETF smashes global record

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
A climate-focused ETF has broken the world record on ETF launch funding, debuting with US$2.4 billion in assets from Finnish pension insurer Varma. The Invesco MSCI Global North America Climate ETF (KLMN) tracks the MSCI Global Climate 500 North America ...

Climate changes how investors get paid

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... as profitability, cash holdings and cash flow volatility. Location-specific considerations, such as oil prices, carbon emission allowance prices, and political and economic uncertainty were also factored in. "Governments, organisations and businesses ...

QIC Real Estate secures $3.75bn SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
QIC Real Estate just converted more than a quarter of its portfolio into Sustainability-Linked Loans (SSL), taking its total sustainable financing to 73.4% of Australian property debt facilities. The funds are QIC Property Fund (QPF) at $2.8bn, and ...

Banksia Foundation names winners of the 2024 NSW Sustainability Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
From local community projects to large scale enterprises, this year's winners represent a diverse range of business sectors. "Each of these winners demonstrates a commitment to sustainability that serves as a model for others," said Graz van Egmond ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
An eleventh-hour agreement on carbon markets was the major outcome of the world's largest climate conference which spiraled into an ineffective platform for international negotiation. After a decade of negotiations, parties agreed on Article 6 ...

Global corporate emissions fall for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon emissions from listed equities may have reached a turning point, according to new findings made using advanced artificial intelligence to fill disclosure gaps. Financed emissions data and climate risk analyst Emmi looked at 45,000 public companies ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Defying the global increase of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel, Australia has slashed its emissions year-on-year, a trend likely to continue. A research report 'The Global Carbon Budget' released this week in time for COP29 found 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 ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Is green tech Sumday the country's next unicorn? The Tasmania-based start-up has inked deals with more than 45 accounting groups less than two years after its launch. Jessica Richmond, chief executive of Sumday, was a lawyer by trade before she ...