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ESG ratings risk greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... intentions are, ESG ratings are a source of investor misinformation." The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed with this assessment and said in its 2022 policy report that ESG ratings suffer from "considerable shortcomings" ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... chair Eddie Fry, a Dagoman man, said First Nations values and world views provide a strong blueprint for sustainable development. "We are witnesses to the urgency for a coordinated national and global effort to improve monitoring, evaluation, reporting ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... 'oxygenator' technology for Macquarie Harbour, in partnership with the Australian Government's Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC). High barrier for shareholder resolutions While shareholder activism is "very normal" overseas, it's a ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... targets for phasing out PFAS, and improved emissions management and remediation," Hazra added, as well as invest in the development and commercialisation of alternatives.

Catastrophe bill blows up to $90bn

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... to a mix of factors, including inflation, which has contributed to rising construction costs. "And, with economic development, overall exposures will continue to increase. That's why investing in protective measures - such as shielding vulnerable ...

Energy asset owners hungry for cover

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... BESS, wind farms, PV solar farms, and DC-coupled BESS/PV solar projects. "Australia has seen significant growth in the development of large-scale renewables since 2016, however the pace and scale of development needs to increase in order to meet and ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting on Indonesia's sustainable development goals (SDGs) last month, which was attended by several Indonesian government agencies, the Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Scaysbrook said the close demonstrates investor confidence in Quinbrook's active management strategy focused on project development, asset creation, and business platform growth. "We seek higher 'value add' returns from infrastructure opportunities ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... calculated figures required by finance institutions, particular where sector data is currently lacking. Prior to this development, banks and insurers had struggled to find reliable data on businesses and non-listed companies deemed too small to be within ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... the transport sector. IFM at the time said it has the potential to invest more than $1 billion to help support the development of local SAF production, flagging that amount could grow over time. IFM had $222 billion under management at the end of March. ...