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Podcast: Driving the just transition in APAC - Jane Ho

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... BNP Paribas Asset Management, we'll be talking about stewardship and how issues that are specific to the APAC region impact on investment considerations. Joining us for this conversation is BNP Paribas Asset Management head of stewardship, Asia Pacific ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
An independent review to be released next month will inform how Canberra moves forward amid criticisms of its Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme. Ahead of release, FS Sustainability has learnt the recommendations won't address modern slavery ...

Rest invests $1b in Quinbrook green data centres

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... significant investments and huge amounts of energy. "Maximising their energy efficiency and minimising their environmental impact through our commitment to Quinbrook is just one way we believe we can contribute to strong long-term financial benefits ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Most companies are failing on human rights and gender performance, according to The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). WBA recently released its Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and Gender Benchmark. The human rights benchmark ranked 110 of the world's ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... housing in Australia. Other investors backing the fund include several family office and foundation clients of Australian Impact Investments, such as the Siddle Family Foundation and Snow Foundation. The first investment of the new fund will be in conjunction ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... cutting edge with net zero technologies, how companies engaging with local communities and whether they understand their impact on and are taking action to minimise their impact on nature. That's the information that we're looking to absorb when ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors support the federal government's announcement of an expansion to the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to 32 GW of renewable energy - up from 9 GW - to enable the federal renewable energy target of 82% by 2030. Federal Climate and Energy ...

Workplace conduct a financial risk: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... coined the term "culture-based financial risks" to encapsulate the ways in which culture can pose risks to investors and impact on shareholder value and issued a whitepaper, Workplace Misconduct: The underestimated systemic implications for investors ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... misinformed investment decisions and capital allocation. "When consumers are unaware or misinformed about the true environmental impact of products and services, they make choices that are harmful to the environment - and at direct odds with their intention ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... that sits under the E and the S and the G. "The Sustainable Development Goals are very interlinked. Any of those goals can impact a climate, but it has social elements to it. There's a lot of siloing of the E the S and the G, rather than seeing the interconnectedness ...