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UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... of New South Wales has launched a new research institute to advise the business world on how to assess and respond to climate change - including navigating and implementing regulations and standards and measuring and evaluating their effectiveness with ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... countries with over US$20 trillion in assets under management, the TNFD builds on the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and are consistent with the global sustainability standards of the International Sustainability ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... objectives into their portfolios can now access an ETF based on Asian companies dedicated to reducing carbon emissions. With climate transition increasing in urgency across the Asia region, countries face growing climate risks - but also substantial ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... managers awarded a new Responsible Investor designation. In a panel discussion at the launch of this year's report, EY climate change and sustainability partner Emma Herd commented on the overall findings. "I think there's a common theme coming ...

Impact investment unlocks land finance for Traditional Owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Kullilli people were forcibly removed from their lands between the 1880s until the late 1960s. Working with long-time partner Climate Friendly, KBRAC have secured approval from the Clean Energy Regulator for the Thargomindah Station Regeneration Project ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... see business leaders go down that path and that's a wonderful change." Reflecting on his career history as former climate change minister as well as former chair of IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia, Combet noted that the most profound change ...

Podcast: Ramping up impact on climate and biodiversity - Ingrid Kukuljan

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... UK dormant asset money to create positive impact by promoting financial inclusion in the UK. We speak with Ingrid about climate and biodiversity and where Australia stands in terms of action on both. Ingrid recently commented on the biodiversity impacts ...

New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... investors with the necessary metrics to help assess diversified mining companies' transition plans to net zero. Produced by Climate Action 100+, the world's largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, the Net Zero Standard for Diversified ...

New Asia-based carbon standards body promises quality carbon credits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... credit certificates that represent one metric ton of CO2 avoided or removed. The certificates are generated from credible climate action projects - such as tree-planting or renewable power infrastructure - that help reduce, remove or sequester carbon ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... achieving low carbon intensity - yet analysis finds that low carbon intensity does not necessarily produce alignment with climate goals and can hide efforts needed to decarbonise companies in the real world. Only rarely do managers explicitly target ...