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Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... approach, Petersen said. "To me, this is the first step on the road to a national budgetary process that aligns with the SDGs," Petersen said. "We've said this before, they may not say it, but they have aligned with the key calls for action on some of ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... suppliers to lift conditions," Sebrell said. "You want companies to show that they are following best practices in line with SDGs, they're good corporate citizens, and the more that we can foster that kind of behaviour in the market, one would expect ...

Cbus quits Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... fund climate solutions if the world is to achieve both the Paris climate goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The call was signed by Carney, the UN special envoy for climate action and finance and UN high-level climate action champion ...

VFMC hires ex-BHP ESG head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... has a "longstanding and ongoing focus" on several priority themes that broadly map to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Those priority themes cover governance and culture, climate risk management, modern slavery, human rights, ethical supply ...

VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... has a "longstanding and ongoing focus" on several priority themes that broadly map to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Those priority themes cover governance and culture, climate risk management, modern slavery, human rights, ethical supply ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Sustainability that more is being done, even if it's not explicitly aligned to ESG or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Further, others say that the voting support for the new government, including Labor, independents and Greens members mirrors ...

Invest in sustainable development for positive return: RadiantESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... management, and whether the company is an Impact leader gauging how the company is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "We think companies that are positively aligned to the SDGs will have a tailwind, those that are negatively aligned ...

Majority of ASX200 reporting on ESG: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... managing its risk." More than 60% of the ASX200 now map their risks against individual UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or use the SDG framework to guide their reporting. Climate Action (Goal 13) is the most cited priority SDG. Five years ago ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... support. "RII and ISS ESG data shows that strong-performing ESG and positively contributing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) firms demonstrate significant impact on refugee livelihoods," Janakiram said. "Moreover, supporting refugees has cross-applying ...

SGCH publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... for Social Housing. SGCH has also aligned its approach to the SDG Impact Standards for Enterprises and prioritised three SDGs; 1 No Poverty, 10 Reduced Inequalities and 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. SGCH selected the UK Sustainability Reporting ...