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Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
BlackRock dismisses allegations it increased spending in agribusiness and ignored known harm in its active and index funds. The complaint follows legal precedent that financial institutions are responsible for acting on human rights and environmental ...

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The world's largest development financier has released its long-awaited policy on responsibly divesting, a historic first in its 80-year history. The new policy builds on the Sustainability Policy of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - the ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
DWS has launched a sustainable infrastructure focused Wholesale Australian Unit Trust for Australian private wealth managers in a partnership with S64, the alternatives fintech. The offering empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets ...

Podcast: An introduction to 24/7 clean energy with Ian Lieblich

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The next wave of sustainability investment professionals is poised to benefit from a new movement. The 24/7 clean energy approach could surpass 100% renewable energy status as the way to manage our escalating global energy use. Google and Microsoft ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Developing countries are asking for more climate financing and wealthy nations debating how to pay for it. The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) runs from 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. So far, COP29 chief executive Elnur Soltanov ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
There is an urgent need for investments to protect against escalating climate risks and minimise capital flight from vulnerable areas as the globe careens closer to a runaway climate change scenario. At the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit ...

New risks on board watch list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Compliance, regulation, and climate change are the red-hot topics for boards, who are pessimistic about Australia's economic and business prospects, the latest update from the Australian Institute of Company Directors reveals. Nearly two-thirds (61%) ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Coles and Wesfarmers have been named among the most successful case studies of company engagement in the fight against slavery. Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific (IAST APAC) published its annual report this week highlighting investor ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Smart investors are buying into firms angling to solve the agri-food sector's biggest challenges, says Tai Lin, managing partner at private equity giant Proterra Asia. Amid an escalating global food crisis and the urgency of climate change, the ...

Australia among the leaders in lowering carbon emissions

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Defying the global increase of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel, Australia has slashed its emissions year-on-year, a trend likely to continue. A research report 'The Global Carbon Budget' released this week in time for COP29 found the ...