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Podcast: The economic case for being a net zero superpower - Ross Garnaut

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Our guest today has been a leading voice in the economic case for managing climate change since before net zero was a thing. In addition to authoring two landmark papers on climate change and Australia's future in 2008 and 2011, Ross Garnaut was ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... experts. ASX 200 listed companies are not adequately reporting on the sustainability of their economic, social and environmental sourcing practices, the Sustainable Procurement Disclosure Index (SPDI) reveals. The new index from RMIT University assessed ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... geographical spread. The global responsible investment industry has in recent years faced a backlash surrounding environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) practices. However anti-ESG backlash won't impact global trends towards ESG, claims ...

Blue bonds: A growing resource for sustainability financing

MATT LAWTON, TONGAI KUNORUBWE  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... loans provide funds for ocean and water resource management projects while green bonds finance a broader set of environmental projects. To contextualize the cost of ocean decline in economic terms, the United Nations (UN) Environment Programme Finance ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Major financial intuitions and companies are falling behind on global deforestation, as the EU enacts a new law to protect and restore nature. 75% of the Earth's land surface has been significantly altered by human activities, according to the UN Environment ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... over allegations that its investor funds "were exposed to controversial weapons investments, despite Morningstar's Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Policy stating that such investments would be excluded." The PDS for the Morningstar ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... businesses for the low carbon and nature-led transition by maximising EnergyLink's engineering and GreenCollar's environmental market and finance expertise," said EnergyLink Services CEO, Philip Link. "This partnership means we can better assist sectors ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australian and Asia Pacific financiers see reputational risk as a greater concern than the social and environmental impacts of the companies in which they invest. Personal views on climate are influencing investment decision-making, with financiers ...

Rest makes another impact investment allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... members grow their retirement savings with strong, long-term investment returns and also generate measurable positive environmental impacts," said Kiran Singh, Rest's head of listed assets. "The transition to a lower-carbon economy is presenting us with ...

Family businesses see ESG driving future: Grant Thornton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... this stage." ESG reporting isn't just climate-related disclosures, however - it's a "broad banner of all environmental, social and governance issues," Pogson said, including modern slavery, data protection, sustainable packaging and waste management. ...