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Gender-based strategy gives impact investing a boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... be the answer. Less than 2% of the world's financial markets is impact investment, and less than 1% of impact investments go towards gender impact investment, according to the Association for Women's Rights in Development. According to JP Morgan ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... investors and a high-quality robust climate related financial disclosure reporting framework will be critical for future investments." Making valid comparisons across different corporations in different jurisdictions while keeping compliance costs low ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... financial institutions and 350 most influential companies most exposed to deforestation risk in their supply chains and investments. 37% of companies posted a deforestation commitment for at least one commodity, but not for all committees they are exposed ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... process which allows a company to derive up to 33% of its revenue from an excluded activity is not seeking to avoid investments in those activities." ASIC said the Bloom fund invested in General Electric from March 2022 to May 2023. During the 2022 financial ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... risks. Reputational risk was found to be more important than maximising returns, with investors more willing to reduce investments in high-climate risk companies compared with five years ago. "Our research found that executives at many of the world's ...

Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... fund the North American sustainability transition. Since 2020 the firm has made over $US309m in commitments across 27 investments into emerging sustainability transition assets. To fund the net zero transition the level of global investment needs to ...

Rest makes another impact investment allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... businesses in three areas of decarbonisation - renewable energy, resource efficiency and electrification. "Through these investments, we aim to help our members grow their retirement savings with strong, long-term investment returns and also generate ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and biodiversity - such as ecosystem restoration, reforestation, and community forestry - into commercial forestry investments, and that this will result in better returns, long-term sustainability outcomes, and operational resilience.

Podcast: Driving net zero in infrastructure - Niall Mills

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... that means for an investment strategy is Niall Mills, Igneo's managing partner and head of global infrastructure investments. Igneo is First Sentier Investors' direct infrastructure business. In March 2022, it became a standalone brand, with ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... reduction, and contribute to the energy transition in Asia. The programme is poised to attract both public and private investments of JPY150 trillion (US$1 trillion) over the next 10 years. 55.5% of bond proceeds are allocated to research and development ...