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States and feds step up on nature and resources

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... and state governments set new ambitions to take the country to the biodiversity UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16 CBD) in Colombia later this year. Canberra on Friday committed to set a national '30 by ...

RIAA launches Sustainability Classifications Initiative

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... was launched by RIAA co-CEOs Dean Hegarty and Estelle Parker at the RIAA Conference 2024, held at the International Convention Centre Sydney today. Globally there are almost US$3 trillion in sustainable assets under management, according to Morningstar. ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... audience today at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's (RIAA) 2024 Conference held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Evans is a professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy, former ...

RIAA: Sustainability goes mainstream

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) expects a record 1000 attendees at its annual conference held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre on 1 & 2 May. Over two busy days, the conference will unpack topics like greenwashing, geopolitical ...

DEI winner takes home top prize

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Cultivated, ECORR, Goterra, ReSource Bared Footwear, and Underwear for Humanity. The winners were announced at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, which sponsored the Circular Economy Award. "Congratulations to The Reconnect Project, they're ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... adoption. She led the negotiations of the Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022, as executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Maruma Mrema said the co-chair position "has been an honour". "I am particularly delighted ...

More calls for adaptation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... warming," McAllister told the crowd at the Commonwealth Bank sustainability summit, held at the Sydney International Convention Centre on Tuesday. "There will be some risks that are expensive and difficult to manage - and some may actually be impossible ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... a 46% reduction from 2013 levels by 2030, with net zero by 2050. Both the country and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change says this commitment is "ambitious" - however, independent science-based research group Climate Action Tracker ...

Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The European Union has published the final text on the transparency and integrity of environmental, social and governance rating activities. It requires alignment for entities outside of the EU that trade on the EU market. The regulations hope to increase ...

Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Green bond investors find themselves navigating blind due to the lack of standardised emissions reporting methodologies, a specialist global asset manager has revealed. These impact bonds, designed to finance environmentally beneficial projects, also ...