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Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Businesses and investors are balancing how to set and communicate ambitious net zero targets decarbonisation without greenwashing or greenhushing, and getting that correct is a challenge. Regulators around the world have been cracking down on greenhushing ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... financiers in Europe and elsewhere will be required to consider these risks in the near future. Tim Bershara, manager of policy and strategy at The Wilderness Society stated at the report launch the issue "has moved from a patchwork quilt of individual ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... is built into the government's thinking "at home and abroad." "We recently announced a new international development policy that will drive investment in a number of regional challenges including climate change," she said. "Alongside gender equality ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Collaborative engagement groups like Climate Action 100+ can be important tools for investors and companies to discuss implementation of climate strategies, but investors have to be able to see how a company's commitments lead to real-world decarbonisation. ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... on governance, decarbonisation strategies with coal and gas phase-out timelines, disclosures, physical risks and public policy engagement. Investor engagement has seen growing support for improving climate governance and decarbonisation strategies towards ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Balanced Index for FY23. With $101.2 million assets under management, the fund is governed by an ethical and impact investment policy and an impact framework. Its negative exclusions include fossil fuel production, weapons and armaments, alcohol, tobacco ...

Climate: debt rise, credit falls for 59 nations as early as 2030

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... scores falling by two notches under a climate-adjusted ratings system. Researchers from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge said financial decision makers lacked the necessary credible, digestible information on how ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... development, including in sustainable finance; whole-of-economy decarbonisation; climate and environmental science and policy; human rights; and Indigenous rights and perspectives. The taxonomy project is designed to provide a common standard for green ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Systems risk and economic inclusion A study from RIAA last year found that 71% of investors engage or advocate on public policy initiatives. Investors are now becoming more aware of their role in addressing systemic risk by bringing First Nations people ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... September's issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production finds economic growth can be encouraged by following a revenue-neutral policy and redirecting the carbon tax revenue into the economy. Without such a suitable revenue recycling policy approach, introducing ...