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China opposes UN calls for net zero shipping by 2050

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
The United Nations have called for a global shipping pact of net zero lifecycle emissions by 2050. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the call at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee ...

Western Australia issues first green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... the Paris Agreement, reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and progressing the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... but very few companies talk about it." Tomoya Obokata, special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery at the United Nations noted that armed conflicts frequently lead to labour-related exploitations. "About 90% of armed conflict or wars will result ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia 23 conference in Melbourne, Tomoya Obokata, special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery at the United Nations noted that modern slavery is still on the rise - last year, the International Labor Organisation estimated that at any given ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... issues, and inequality in financial risk assessment and decision-making. The TIFD interim secretariat includes the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI), Predistribution Initiative (PDI) ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... what is a pretty nascent/emerging market for embracing human rights risk, full stop." During the same decade, the United Nations promulgated the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which are a series of fundamental principles on business ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... comprehensive, holistic and independently validated." SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the Orange Bond Initiative's (OBI) steering committee, which includes the Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UN CDF), Australian Aid, the US DFC, Nuveen, ANZ and others. The sustainable bond sector is growing ...

First Super taps IFM Investors for ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... bespoke strategy is designed to reflect the labour rights areas most important to First Super, aligned with the United Nations Global Compact Labour Principles. "We're focusing on labour rights in particular the back of a number of controversies in Australia ...

Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... leading global sustainable listed 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 ...