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TNFD adds to sector guidance, scores funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released final guidance on four new sectors and draft guidance on a further three, as it also nets strategic funding from The Rockefeller Foundation. The TNFD has released final sector ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... accelerate investment in renewable infrastructure, as occurred during Trump's first term. "The Chinese decarbonisation value chain is already subject to high tariffs, and as a consequence no Chinese electric vehicles are being sold in the US. But ...

Podcast: Illuminating the dark underbelly of gold mining with Terry Heymann

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... criminality - financing terrorism, war, and organised crime. Today we take a closer look at human rights and ESG in the value chain, and the important work being done to pinpoint the problem and clean up gold's act. Terry Heymann, CFO and ESG Lead ...

QIC Real Estate secures $3.75bn SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... QIC's willingness to "tackle challenging sustainability issues, not only within its own operations, but also its value chain, through inclusion of scope 3 and CAF related targets." QIC Real Estate is part of the A$111bn QIC and manages a A$13.6bn ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is strengthening its position as the region's sustainable investor network. UN PRI Oceania head Kar Mei Tang has been appointed co-chair of the International Women's Development Agency ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), said it's important they are properly followed in all companies across the value chain. "We believe that if an entity is large enough to prepare audited financial statements, it should also be large enough to prepare ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
More than 530 investors have thrown their support behind global whole-of-government policy overhaul in an effort to reach net zero. The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis letter released this week counts leading super ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A US$684 billion investor group urges caution as global bans on PFAS 'forever chemicals' escalate - yet opportunities await those ahead of the curve. A MUFJ-owned think tank from subsidiaries First Sentier and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... stood at US$30bn. Diving deeper into the products, Australian equities funds with holdings in the nuclear and uranium value chain were top global resources performers in the past year, while other renewables underperformed. Shorter-duration Australian-domiciled ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... access to renewables, investors are signaling an appetite for the bold step-changes needed to decarbonise the steel value chain and secure long-term value for portfolios."