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UN-informed tool to assess SDG progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... towards sustainable assets by assessing alignment of private sector activity with the SDGs. According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the market for impact investing surpassed US$1 trillion in assets worldwide in 2021. Yet according to UN Sustainable ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... housing in Australia. Other investors backing the fund include several family office and foundation clients of Australian Impact Investments, such as the Siddle Family Foundation and Snow Foundation. The first investment of the new fund will be in conjunction ...

Workplace conduct a financial risk: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... coined the term "culture-based financial risks" to encapsulate the ways in which culture can pose risks to investors and impact on shareholder value and issued a whitepaper, Workplace Misconduct: The underestimated systemic implications for investors ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... misinformed investment decisions and capital allocation. "When consumers are unaware or misinformed about the true environmental impact of products and services, they make choices that are harmful to the environment - and at direct odds with their intention ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... of new tools have been released from organisations including Moody's Investors Service, ISS STOXX, Global Impact Investing Network, UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment, Bloomberg and Riskthinking.AI. Moody's releases framework for ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... able act sufficiently to contain climate change to 1.5 degrees of warming by 2050, there will still be degree of physical impact that is literally baked in, and a degree of volatility in the transition that can be hard to predict, introducing challenges ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... success are definitely taking a strong look at nature strategies... They're really taking a deep look at their nature impact." "Natural capital is such a big part of the Australian economy," Center said. "Investors and businesses need to be able ...

Warakirri launches Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management has launched a new open-ended, positive impact investment vehicle with a target AUM of $1 billion. The Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy will own and operate a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, broadacre ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... fuel lending," Rossiter said. "That's in line with the International Energy Agency's finding that we must stop investing in new fossil fuel supply if we want to reach net zero emissions by 2050. "ANZ appears to be a climate and biodiversity laggard ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... beneficiaries, including the common economic, social and environmental assets on which their interests depend. Impact investing: investing with the intention to generate a positive, measurable social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial ...