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Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Hymans Robertson as relying on climate modelling that excludes this important aspect of climate science, and FS Sustainability has independently confirmed that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) does not consider climate tipping points at this time. ...

La Trobe Uni issues $175m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Trobe's chief operating officer Mark Smith. "La Trobe University is already deeply committed to environmental sustainability, with an investment of $75 million to become carbon neutral and secure Climate Active certification as an institution by ...

Using ChatGPT to assess climate targets: Acadian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Management is utilizing the technology underpinning ChatGPT to predict whether companies are likely to achieve sustainability targets. The Acadian Net Zero Alignment Model integrates large learning models (LLM), the type of AI algorithm that underpins ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the worst scores. This comes as the US Republican party recently put forward an anti-ESG manifesto seeking to gut sustainability programs and policies in the country. This suggests anti-ESG sentiments in the US are causing asset managers to reduce their ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Laura Ryan, head of research at Ardea Investment Management told FS Sustainability that integration of climate considerations in sovereign debt market has lagged considerably compared to in equity investing. ...

Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainability consultant Thomas Milburn has left his role at a global business consultancy after 10 years to join Southeast Asia's largest finance group. Milburn joins Singapore bank DBS (previously Development Bank of Singapore Limited) as senior ...

Climate resilience needed to dodge $442b VIC loss by 2100

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... premiums, working with insurers through the Hazards Insurance Partnership. Insurance company FM Global told FS Sustainability it is seeing many businesses around the country increasingly focused on understanding climate-related risks and investing in ...

T. Rowe Price creates specialist APAC ESG role

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... spent a decade at Legal & General Investment Management in London, including the past five years as its head of sustainability solutions. She has also held tenures at Goldman Sachs, UBS, and London-based investment management firm Man FRM. In her new ...

ISSB proposes IFRS digital taxonomy for sustainability disclosure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... IFRS Foundation has published a proposed digital taxonomy to improve global accessibility and comparability of sustainability information. The proposed taxonomy will require the digital reporting of sustainability-related financial information. This ...

Singapore fund invests in sustainable tourism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Tourism Council (GSTC) to jointly train and equip tourism industry leaders and professionals on best practice in sustainability. As part of Singapore's national roadmap for hotel sustainability, at least 60% of all hotel room stock in Singapore are set ...