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Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... imperative that we maintain market integrity to attract the capital required to make the transition to net zero and ensure that climate risk is adequately priced into the market," Longo said. "With demand for sustainable products growing, it's essential ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance strategy is an opportunity to tie action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to action on climate. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds called the recently released strategy a "welcome step" and said that ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... transition scenario. When key dimensions such as financing are weighted more heavily, the situation appears even more dire. Climate finance flows have been disproportionately concentrated in the buildings and energy sectors, leaving other critical areas ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... research found that 93% of US companies target net zero - but this figure is rarely matched by support for government climate policy. InfluenceMap suggests that many companies use the language of net zero but do not support climate policy. Companies ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... fuelling around 750 vehicles a year in Australia's heavy vehicle fleet, according to an announcement from the Ministry for Climate Change and Energy. The project involves the installation of hydrogen storage, compression and truck loading facilities ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... biodiversity and ecosystems. The expansion includes new technical screening criteria, as well as amended criteria for climate change mitigation and adaptation. "Investors currently face a significant discrepancy between the availability of data reported ...

Sustainable bonds underperform on climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Companies raising capital through labelled bonds appear to be leading the way in their respective sectors and regions on our climate-target assessment criteria. However, the data suggests that only 37% of them met all the criteria for climate-target ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... fourth in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Even if the world is 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 ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... conclusion of Nature-related risks and directors' duties, authored by Pollination in collaboration with the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative. The opinion was written by Sebastian Hartford-Davis and Zoe Bush "Directors should cause management ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). That same month Treasury proposed the implementation of mandatory climate-related disclosures. In 2022 the debt market raised more funds for climate-friendly projects than for fossil fuel companies ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

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The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

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Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI
Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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