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Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced that the government will co-fund the initial development phase of an Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, in partnership with the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI). ASFI is the organising body working ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... recommendation made as part of a sweeping overhaul of how the central bank functions. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the widely anticipated review putting forth 51 recommendations, with particular consideration given to how cash ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is 10 years since more than a thousand people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Inadequate data, fear of greenwashing and economic pressures is stalling progress on sustainability, according to a new study from Google Cloud. The study, conducted by The Harris Poll, found that greater accountability, better measurement and management ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... challenge for asset managers in the Asia Pacific region, according to research from BNP Paribas. The ESG Fund Disclosure Standard Introduction Task Force will include seven unnamed asset managers -selected based on the scale of their ESG funds - as well ...

Hong Kong stock exchange proposes climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... (ESG) framework. It also introduces new disclosures aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board Climate Standard (ISSB), building on the principles of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. Financial ...

CEFC invests $80m in private equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed up to $80 million in a private equity fund that will invest in a range of mid-market companies while driving decarbonisation at the same time. CEFC will invest in Crescent Capital Partners' seventh ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
This week, Maple-Brown Abbott launched a repositioned sustainability fund, Brookfield made its first Australian renewables investment and Cultiv8 made three investments. Maple-Brown Abbott launched the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has recruited its new head of certification from the B Corp movement. Shalini Samuel joins RIAA as head of certification. She comes to the industry body from B Lab AANZ, where she was director ...

Karoon Energy aims for net zero 2035 target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... quality of those projects and have set key criteria around that. One of these is that they must be both [Verified Carbon Standard] VCS and [Climate, Community and Biodiversity] CCB certified." Layering on to that, Karoon focuses on finding co-benefits ...