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Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The European Union has published the final text on the transparency and integrity of environmental, social and governance rating activities. It requires alignment for entities outside of the EU that trade on the EU market. The regulations hope to increase ...

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... minerals. But ultimately, addressing this problem will require a coordinated effort from all stakeholders to improve transparency and support responsible mining practices. Investors are central to this co-ordination." "We firmly believe the RMI Investor ...

Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... uniform approach results in vastly different carbon emissions data depending on which methodology is used, hindering transparency for investors. Green bonds assist in financing the net zero transition and typically target climate mitigation activities ...

Growth in green bond issuance brings choice, challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... as fund strategies covering that category of bonds means investors have increased choice, but also questions about transparency and how to measure impact. Asset consultant bfinance recently issued a report into the USD$2.5 trillion investible GSS+ market ...

Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Investors should actively engage chemical companies, push for transparency, and allocate capital towards reductions in hazardous chemical production and its removal from the environment through innovative funding mechanisms such as green bonds. Global ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... companies and financial institutions now taking part. The first cohort of adopters are taking steps towards enhancing transparency and disclosure regarding biodiversity and ecosystems. The more than 100 financial institutions, representing US$14 trillion ...

Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosures are ethically grounded and universally trusted while also enabling businesses around the world to provide full transparency of progress towards achieving sustainability goals and objectives."

Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... financially material to investors, as companies that are diverse tend to perform better. "I hope that the increased transparency and accountability offered by WGEA reporting will lead to change," Davidson said. "I strongly suspect that companies with ...

Investor group with US$2tr AUM to measure avoided emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... develop a global standard for calculating emissions avoided by low-carbon solutions. The initiative aims to improve transparency and comparability for the financial sector by generating estimates of the emissions avoided by financed activities. The database ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Investors have told us that the Queensland Sustainability Report is a valuable information tool that provides further transparency on ESG policies and metrics." The issuance had the largest orderbook for QTC in green format with a final orderbook in ...