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VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... what the big challenges are that we can shift the needle on," Archibald said. "From there, we will be doing a national and global scout for leading solutions that are at the pre-commercial stage that we think have an opportunity to be commericalised ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... supervision activities. The tracker analysed data from 47 jurisdictions which represent over 88% of the world's GDP and 72% of global GHG emissions. Notable progress has been made on central banks and pension funds' integration of biodiversity in their ...

GRI and EFRAG partner on Interoperability Index

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... implementation of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and reduce the reporting burden on companies. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) partnered to launch the index, giving ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government has announced it will rejoin the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocate $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Action Partnership, which will focus on supporting women's economic empowerment during the transition to a low climate global economy. COP28: climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage At COP28 leaders are highlighting the need to make climate ...

How to spot a credible transition plan: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... business strategy - helping to explain to their customers, shareholders and investors how they will adapt and grow as the global economy transitions to net zero." Q&A with Andrew Tipping, general manager, Energetics Q: What is a credible transition plan? ...

SDG Loan Fund raises $1.1b of investor capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... incorporating the United Nations' Environmental Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Sector Impact Map to move needle on global impact integration in portfolios.

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... companies can now directly make claims against it. We encourage all businesses to show ambition, make a claim and accelerate global net zero," Mark Kenber, executive director of VCMI said. "With COP28 beginning in a matter of hours, VCMs will once again ...

UN-informed tool to assess SDG progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... tool incorporates the UN Environmental Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Sector Impact Map to move needle on global impact integration in portfolios. Covering 500 sectoral activities and 38 impact topics, the tool has now been applied across 50,000 ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... will join CIM as a special advisor, focusing his time on CIMSHF2. White is a special advisor to Heitman, a US$53 billion global real estate investment manager where he previously worked for over a decade as a senior managing director and member of the ...