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Nature-related education initiatives scaled up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) released two capacity-building tools in response to the need for upskilling on nature-related issues. At the same time, the PRI and others will work together to further educate global corporates. ...

Investors want more transparency in responsible investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... market researcher found that more than half of institutional investors (58%) want portfolio-level exposure to financial material ESG risks, along with impact and thematic reporting. Twenty-three percent of investors are requiring their asset managers ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... step. The most important question is: how is climate change and the transition going to materially impact... the actual material dollar value? "Once the market understands that, it will shift to the most efficient way of reducing that cost." We are well ...

Asset managers react to news 2C is 'dead'

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Alphinity - both of which are signed up to Paris-aligned asset manager initiatives - recognise that climate changes poses a material systemic risk. A Paris-aligned transition seeks to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... metric makes up 13.5% of Google's overall ESG risk score - compared with 5% in the energy sector. "We care about material issues such as diversity leadership targets and hiring and training practices," said global head of sustainable investing Hortense ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Disclosures (TCFD) framework. Most investors and businesses are not yet turning away from considering ESG factors as material to their success. "Businesses decide what is material to their business. These companies have already invested in sustainability ...

TNFD adds to sector guidance, scores funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released final guidance on four new sectors and draft guidance on a further three, as it also nets strategic funding from The Rockefeller Foundation. The TNFD has released final sector ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Northern Trust spokesperson said the decision "reflects our confidence that we can independently and effectively manage material risks and engage with portfolio companies to safeguard and grow our clients' capital." "We have made and continue to ...

China plays long game on battery disruption

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Reports from consultancy Rho Motion reveal that battery minerals supply is too high for EV demand - here's why analysts say that might not be such a bad thing. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries ...

Meta fact-checking move unsettles ethical investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... house said the announcement regarding fact-checking is unlikely to impact company valuation. Meta's overall exposure to material ESG issues is significantly above subindustry average, according to Morningstar Sustainalytics. These concerns have become ...