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ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... standards will reshape the way businesses report and allow investors to make better decisions to allocate capital to sustainable projects, according to the IFRS Foundation chief of strategic affairs and capacity building. Mardi McBrien will outline the ...

Investment opportunities in a changing global food system

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... system is in the early stages of a generational transformation. It will need to grow more productive as well as more sustainable to meet the myriad challenges it faces. Investors chasing the next food trend will be better served focusing on the innovation ...

Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and 3 emissions by 15% by 2025 from a 2019 baseline, sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2025, using 100% fully sustainable packaging range aligned to the 2025 National Packaging Targets by 2025, decreasing waste to landfill by 20% by 2025 from a ...

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... measurable positive outcome." Giant Leap II will continue to invest in the three themes defined by the group's first fund: sustainable living, health and wellbeing and empowering people, including investments in health tech, climate tech, mental health ...

Graforce and Worley to scale GHG-free hydrogen gas technology in APAC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... likely to be a valuable tool in the decarbonisation toolbox and contribute to our company purpose of delivering a more sustainable world." Graforce and Worley will showcase plasmalysis plants at the upcoming APPEA 2023 event in Adelaide where they will ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... services regulator to proactively supervise and enforce governance, transparency and disclosure standards in relation to sustainable finance-related products and services. This follows the government proposal to introduce a mandatory climate-change related ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... announcement this week. The event brought conservationists and businesspeople together towards a common vision for a sustainable environment, with economist and former treasury secretary Ken Henry acting as facilitator and new NCC CEO Jacqui Mumford ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The concept of a circular economy presents both risks and rewards for investors in the transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. At the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, advisory members of the Circular ...

Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ASIC's direction. APRA executive director Sean Carmody will join the discussion on how Australia's forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy will provide much needed definitions of what constitutes a sustainable investment. "Really this conference ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...