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Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... changing global landscape. Regulatory momentum - including enhanced disclosure requirements, net-zero targets, and green finance initiatives - has created an urgent need for investors to adapt and engage, PRI said. It is this role that Tang steps into ...

Green finance taxonomy in final throes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has launched the final round of public consultation on a set of definitions to create a common language in investing and prevent greenwashing. The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy will be a ...

Green moves at MSCI, Future Fund, Minderoo, U Ethical

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... sat on the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the People's Bank of China's Green Finance Taskforce, chaired the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA), and advised the Scottish Taskforce for Green and Sustainable ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... thresholds critical to sustaining life. ASFI's fourth annual Progress Tracker shows negligible improvement in Australian green finance flows this year compared to last, aligning with global trends. However, this represents just a fraction of overall ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... 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 launched ...

Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Aware Super has inked a US$50 million deal to buy a speciality infrastructure finance company alongside Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) Green Investment Group (GIG). Aware's private equity team will co-invest in Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC) ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Current financial regulations and central banking activities have an outsized focus on climate, and neglect broader impacts such as biodiversity loss and its effects on communities who rely on nature for their livelihoods. While progress has been made ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "Being an approved verifier for Climate Bonds enables Arup to support investors and lenders more fulsomely to obtain green finance across Asia Pacific," Fairlie said. "Standards like the Climate Bonds Standard provide much needed transparency between ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Affairs and of Climate at Columbia University, won the award for their roles in driving the adoption and use of green finance research across the global financial system, aligning with the UK's legally binding net-zero targets. UBS also provides ...

Strong demand for green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... projects driving Australia's net zero transformation and boosting the scale and credibility of Australia's green finance market." The program will be managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management and is slated to begin in mid-2024 ...