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Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government's sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... new benchmark helps investors compare their performance against peers, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. It demonstrates that impact investment in the energy sector curbs emissions by 6.1% at the median ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Faster' campaign is launching later month to help companies accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by focusing on where they can make the biggest, fastest impact ahead of 2030. The TNFD is a key strategy for accelerating ...

Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... are looking at big companies," Zandbergen-Albers said. "What we are trying to do with the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs is to take a more intuitive and logical approach and using some external data to look at what are the most impactful industries ...

UN Global Compact Network Australia hires executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Principles in human rghts, labour, environment, and anti-corruption and also delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "We were looking for someone with a mix of skills - broad leadership skills, someone who had managed a team, who understood ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the US$100 trillion bond market to place women at the forefront of capital markets and as solutions, to achieve the UN's 17 SDGs and build a more inclusive, climate-resilient future for all," said IIX founder and CEO Durreen Shahnaz. Last year, ANZ led ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... to map the Farmland Management Standard to other certifications that exist, including organic certifications, the GRI, the SDGs and other agricultural based standards. "With Leading Harvest there's two analogies I use - it's a program you could ...

Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... companies that Alphinity deems as having a "net positive alignment" to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exceed Alphinity's minimum ESG criteria and offer "attractive prospective returns." Since launch in June 2021 XASG's underlying ...

Mindaroo, QIC back FairSupply Series A fundraise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... we've expanded to carbon and biodiversity, and we will be certainly expanding our ESG module offering in alignment with the SDGs and continuing to develop products that increase the use case for our existing modules and meet mandatory reporting requirements ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... approach, Petersen said. "To me, this is the first step on the road to a national budgetary process that aligns with the SDGs," Petersen said. "We've said this before, they may not say it, but they have aligned with the key calls for action on some of ...