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Deep dive: Blue Finance explained - Lucy Holmes

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 26 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
In the latest episode of The Greener Way Lucy Holmes, Senior Director of Blue Finance at WWF US Oceans Markets & Finance, joins FS Sustainability senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass. Investing in the ocean, which is often overlooked yet equally as critical ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... where ASRS requirements might deviate from those of IFRS S2. It's challenging from two perspectives - that of the finance sector, and that of the reporters. With respect to the finance sector, if Australian companies are reporting differently to ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... sharing salary and job information. For the first time, the report segments ESG professionals, with heads of sustainable finance/responsible investment in its own category. Talent Nation reports that the average employment contract, including bonuses ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Queensland Government-owned fund manager has converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... climate has resulted in "imperfect" momentum on fossil fuels, renewable energy, energy efficiency, adaptation, and climate finance. While some are calling the agreement a "failure", COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber said during his closing speech: "We ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... transitions, as soon as possible." The stocktake emphasises the importance of public, private, international and domestic finance as "a critical enabler for climate action." The text finds that both adaptation and mitigation financing would need to increase ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... is key to building thriving agriculture and natural capital markets in Australia. At the recent Australian Sustainable Finance Institute annual conference, Gilbert, who is also policy officer of Indigenous policy at the University of Technology Sydney ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), backed by Australia and more than 600 government and non-government partners, has announced $17 billion in new funding for climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovations. The ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared finance flows to nature-based solutions with the finance needed to tackle climate, biodiversity and nature degradation. The State ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Minister Wong's recent announcement to support technical experts in Pacific Island countries to facilitate access to climate finance. These are positive signs that the Australian Government is listening to our Pacific neighbours." However, Bungcaras ...