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Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... on climate issues and it's absolutely fantastic that it is happening," Reynolds said. "There are great groups like [Australian Council of Superannuation Investors] who have focused heavily on modern slavery and human trafficking and do focus on other ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A major Australian university has locked in a $195 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with interest rate savings being reinvested into an Indigenous accommodation scholarship fund and other initiatives. La Trobe University has refinanced existing ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies... They're really taking a deep look at their nature impact." "Natural capital is such a big part of the Australian economy," Center said. "Investors and businesses need to be able to know what the risks are for the future. If those organisations ...

FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50 nominations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... list, readers of FS Sustainability along with FS Super - The Journal of Superannuation Management and FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning, as well as the broader corporate Australian community will have a say in recognising the breadth ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Approximately $260 billion of all outstanding Australian bank loans, or 22% of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... affect them, in order to support the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples in Australia. At the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) summit held in Sydney this week the spotlight was on best practice with sessions on how finance can lead ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... station a long time ago, but somehow we are living in a parallel world," Nicole Yazbek-Martin, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute head of taxonomy and natural capital said. For all the talk about global initiatives, Yazbek-Martin highlighted a ...

Student accommodation provider inks billion-dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Scape chief financial officer Tim Peel. "SLLs and similar sustainable finance instruments are relatively new to the Australian property sector so it is significant that Scape is undertaking this SLL, as a demonstration of the maturity of the PBSA sector ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... start locating and evaluating under the LEAP framework." Nature loss is predicted to wipe up to US$20 billion from the Australian economy annually by 2050, according to research by WWF. ACSI CEO Louise Davidson commented that dealing with complicated ...