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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... worked with key partners to develop the benchmark, including the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Taskforce on Nature-related ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
More than three-quarters of active managers have hired new ESG personnel in the last year, according to global research. Employment trends are reflecting a growing interest in sustainable investing as the global economy ramps up net zero emissions and ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... really fast and closely along." Regulations, taxonomies and initiatives The upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference will assess global progress on 23 biodiversity targets set for 2030 and 2050, with the goal of"30x30" aiming to protect 30% of land and water ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... in Australia to assess sustainability practices and challenges as well as forward strategy. Australian leaders lag their global peers on a range of topics - 49% of global respondents believe they have the capability to report on sustainability performance ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the impact materiality approach used by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and incorporated into the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards. TNFD co-chair David Craig commented that ...

Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... coalition and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). "There is clearly a need for global reporting standards on social issues," EY climate change and sustainability partner Emma Herd previously told FS Sustainability. "Social ...

Singapore to scale climate data with CDSC NZDPU partnership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... will join MAS and SGX Group's disclosure portal ESGenome with the CDSC's Net-Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) to create a global repository of climate transition-related data. Currently under development, the NZDPU will aggregate information on companies' ...

RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor to exit after 10 years

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... and move RIAA into it's next stage of growth," O'Connor said. O'Connor will also step aside as chair of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA). UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association CEO James Alexander will take over ...

First two ISSB standards released - what investors need to know

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... jurisdictions that wish to require incremental disclosures beyond the global baseline and with the Global Reporting Initiative to support reporting when the standards are applied in combination with other reporting standards. The ISSB is seeking feedback ...

Aussie AI platform aids HK firms in Scope 3 emissions compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... focuses on ESG reporting - including ISSB, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - as well as pre-assurance, ratings upgrade and sustainability ...