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COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses need to turn these pledges into real-economy outcomes, without delay." Smart Energy Council international director Richie Merzian said the conference delivered "an outcome that has eluded climate negotiators for the last 30 years." "Businesses ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... potential to reduce and halt nature loss through the realignment of nature-negative finance flows. Niki Mardas, executive director of Global Canopy said the report is a "stark reminder that continuing with 'business as usual' poses a severe threat to ...

Boards not ready for new workplace laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... with the same priority as physical safety concerns. The research found disparity in perspectives between genders at the director level. Just 20% of women directors believe their boards had a very adequate understanding of the nature of positive duty ...

Research flags need for comprehensive ESG reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Board (AASB), the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the Financial Reporting Council. Professor Peter Carey, director of the research centre, commented that the insufficient commitment of Australia's leading publicly traded companies to robustly ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... and coal. This will help take Australia's earlier pledge to triple renewable energy into reality," said Barry Traill, director of climate advocacy organisation Solutions for Climate Australia said. Michelle Higelin, executive director at ActionAid Australia ...

Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... plans for a national Capacity Investment Scheme. "The sustainable finance strategy really is a cornerstone," said ASFA director of economics Andrew Craston, who wrote the report. "All the elements of what needs to happen is embedded in that or attendant ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... roadblock to progress, according to Levy. Levy spoke at COP28 Singapore pavilion with Chee Hean, and Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The MAS alongside McKinsey recently launched a working paper on accelerating ...

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... it. We encourage all businesses to show ambition, make a claim and accelerate global net zero," Mark Kenber, executive director of VCMI said. "With COP28 beginning in a matter of hours, VCMs will once again be on the agenda, and it is important that ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... US$53 billion global real estate investment manager where he previously worked for over a decade as a senior managing director and member of the firm's global management and global investment committees. John also serves as non-executive director of ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... flow on effects to other investors, so it won't distort the market." Investor Group on Climate Change's Managing Director for Policy, Erwin Jackson said the scheme "will draw investment to Australia and help put the Government on track to meeting ...