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Podcast: Making the SDGs count with Fiona Reynold

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
On today's episode, we are talking to the multi-hyphenate sustainability and responsible investment leader Fiona Reynolds about the intersection of the E and the S and why it matters for business. Fiona is an independent director and advisory board ...

Canberra funds $111m EV transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... reduce barriers to entry for EV ownership, in a transition estimated at $110.6 million. Under the scheme, the government's "green bank" CEFC will enable Anglo Auto will finance short-term loans to car dealers to help them purchase EVs from manufacturers. ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Rural climate projects now offer a wide range of opportunities for "green" investors to pile into. The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded nearly $280,000 for community-led climate solutions projects in remote, rural and regional ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Major ESG indices have responded to allegations they listed companies with links to the Myanmar military junta. The indices, MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones, were used by BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, State Street and Vanguard to model ...

Podcast: The economic case for being a net zero superpower - Ross Garnaut

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Our guest today has been a leading voice in the economic case for managing climate change since before net zero was a thing. In addition to authoring two landmark papers on climate change and Australia's future in 2008 and 2011, Ross Garnaut was ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Asia signalling support. Singapore has launched Asia's world's first multi-sector transition taxonomy to clarify green, transition and ineligible activities and steer capital towards sustainability solutions.

Blue bonds: A growing resource for sustainability financing

MATT LAWTON, TONGAI KUNORUBWE  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... financing is an emerging area of sustainable finance, with growing interest from investors and issuers alike. A subset of green financing, blue bonds and loans provide funds for ocean and water resource management projects while green bonds finance a ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 2030, 40% by 2040 and 50% by 2050. They also commit to restore at least 25,000 km of rivers and prevent net loss in urban green space and tree canopy cover and reverse the decline of pollinator populations - like bees - by 2030. 85% of wetland areas ...

Podcast: Taking the ESG temperature of ASX companies - Emilie O'Neill

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
What's on the sustainability agenda for Australia's publicly listed companies? Every year, Perennial Better Futures takes the temperature of a wide range of companies to answer just that question, and on this episode, we're talking with ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A now-defunct app-led climate impact fund is the latest entity to cop a fine for greenwashing from the regulator. Melbourne Securities Corporation (MSC) has paid $13,320 to comply with an ASIC infringement notice relating to allegations of misleading ...