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New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to a low-carbon future," Brian Cahill, global head of ESG at Moody's Investors Service said. ISS STOXX updates EU Taxonomy Alignment Solution ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX has announced enhancements to its EU Taxonomy Alignment ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... continues to be the number one concern for investors and for advisers as well," Willis said. "We are big proponents of taxonomy and labelling and guidance around responsible investment products. We continue to be a leader in this space and the moves ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... financing across priority sectors and market segments, contributing to the development phase of the sustainable finance taxonomy, and contributing to the development phase of energy assessment tools (such as NatHERS In-Homes) for financial product applicability ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... responsible investment. "The analogy here is of building blocks," O'Connor said. "This doesn't replace labelling or taxonomy. It's one of the foundation pieces that sit underneath and strengthen other areas of sustainable finance policy work." ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... and super fund options as well as plans to have an unnamed government body maintain a forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy to "ensure that it is effectively embedded in Australia's regulatory framework." Treasury has released the long-anticipated ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainability was a media partner to the conference. Caring for Country ASFI is developing Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy and recommends that Australia should develop "do no significant harm" criteria, including standards for respecting ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... but somehow we are living in a parallel world," Nicole Yazbek-Martin, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute head of taxonomy and natural capital said. For all the talk about global initiatives, Yazbek-Martin highlighted a localised approach is paramount. ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Summit on 24 October in Sydney. FS Sustainability is a proud media partner to the summit. ASFI head of taxonomy and natural capital Nicole Yazbek-Martin spoke to the challenges and opportunities in natural capital innovation at an ...

New EU rules at the border and beyond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "EuGP" label. It is the first standard in the world to define green bonds. The regulation enforces uniform, EU sustainable taxonomy-aligned, standards for issuers who wish to use the label for the marketing of their bond. All issuing companies will be ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... are doing, how they're doing it, and are they doing it authentically, and concerns around greenwashing. "The new taxonomy gives us a shared and common blueprint for what sustainable activities are... so that when we're allocating capital for ...