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Aussie investors prepare for new EU rules

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate director who is found non-compliant to the new CSRD requirements. Additionally, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance is currently consulting on its taxonomy-aligning benchmark (TAB) report, seeking feedback on the development and use of benchmarks. ...

Podcast: Speaking truth to power on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
On this episode, we're going to do a deeper dive into how we measure sustainable finance, and how we value the dollar impact of financing emissions-intensive activities. This is a key discussion point particularly as we look at Australia's sustainable ...

Rise in ESG commitment by global funds: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... opportunities." Morningstar noted that new and pending disclosure regulation including the European Union's 2021 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFD, the recently released Sustainable Disclosure Requirements in the United Kingdom, and ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... scaled up offshore wind development. The government announced it will co-fund the development of an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy, committed to women's economic empowerment in the climate transition, and mandated that the Australian Prudential ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... long-term returns for clients, the firm will deepen its relationship with the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment, mobilise capital for sustainable solutions, invest in emerging markets, and enhance impact investing strategies. ...

Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... its role in investment, Treasury has also proposed that the CEFC take a key role in its recently announced sustainable finance strategy in delivering discounted financing to priority sectors as well as other aims. Last year,Treasury released the long-anticipated ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... when recent events in the courts demonstrate that it is something far greater," Melbourne Climate Futures Sustainable Finance Research head Arjuna Dibley, co-author on the report, said. Climate litigation is a threat to companies through financial pay-outs ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... supervisory instruments, key gaps remain - especially in high-income countries - and ambition and implementation of sustainable finance measures is unequal. This according to the Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities Tracker 2023 ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... allegations it failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. #2: Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development April: Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would co-fund the initial development phase ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy-eligible and aligned activities related to climate objectives. The European Commission may seek to update the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regime in early 2024. Also, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (the LkSG) takes ...