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Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... progress but called on governments to implement and accelerate policies that will unlock capital towards the net-zero transition. NZAOA members, which have grown by 12 over the past 12 months to August, have committed to transitioning their investment ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) will first focus on climate-related financial reporting, under an exposure draft released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). AASB has opened up a 120-day comment period on ASRS 1 ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... designing a sustainable finance taxonomy for Australia. The taxonomy is intended to provide a common standard for green and transition finance, helping accelerate the allocation of capital towards sustainable activities to achieve Australia's net-zero ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... climate impact and the historic influence that these companies have on policy - particularly with regard to climate and transition. "We need to see that reflected through the discourse, the advocacy of companies and we need to clearly understand the ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... communities. Institutional investors need to integrate these risks into their strategies or risk a "messy, chaotic and unfair" transition. Organisations on the ground say more work needs to be done to support workers, their families, and the community. ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... resilience and climate adaptation and why is it so strategically important for companies and investors? A: As physical and transition risks materialise, corporates will become increasingly vulnerable to value erosion. 'Climate resilient' businesses ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... commodities. Australia's critical minerals industry is seen as having an important role in the global net zero transition and in supporting Australia to become a renewable energy superpower, and investors are exploring how to invest in the trend ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the Birdwood Distributed Energy Platform is not only consistent with our strategy to increase our exposure to energy transition through diversification into distributed renewable energy generation and storage, it is also aligned with our objective of ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds Initiative to develop sector criteria for steel, cement, and hydrogen projects that are important in the transition to a carbon-free economy. "We welcome Arup to the group of Approved Verifiers under the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... globally called for the Australian government to adopt the ISSB Climate Standard baseline requirements for disclosure of transition plans," she said. "Investors in Australia have embraced the Say on Climate mechanism and all of the largest ASX emitters ...