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Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... incorporates biodiversity indicators into its own portfolio disclosure. Singapore, the European Union, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, and the US are now requiring financial institutions and companies to disclose climate transition plans. Australia is slated ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... UAE state-owned oil company Adnoc and recently claimed "no science" behind fossil fuel phase-out. Australia, the US, UK, Canada and Japan all stated they will "not be a co-signatory" to "death certificates" for vulnerable small island nations. Andrew ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... COP28, with over US$12 billion coming from governments including contributions from Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... financing net zero as well as a focus on the role of Indigenous Peoples in climate stewardship. The nation joined the US, Canada, Fiji, Norway, and many EU-member states in signing the Glasgow Statement - the UK-led Statement on International Public ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... blended finance climate fund Also on Day Four, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev Canada) announced the creation of GAIA, a US$1.5 billion target private debt blended finance fund focused on climate ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australasia, the US Sustainable Investment Forum, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum, the Responsible Investment Association Canada, and the European Fund and Asset Management Association. The GSIA urges global adoption of the Taskforce on Nature-related ...

Surge in executive support for sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... when a Capgemini global survey of 6500 consumers sits at 33% with younger generations, as well as consumers in India and Canada, being the most concerned. "What we really need to see in the months to come is companies investing in future-proof sustainability ...

Deutsche Bank finances Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... financing for Taiwan's largest offshore wind project to date. Upon completion the 1.0-gigawatt Hai Long, developed and owned by Canada's Northland Power Inc and Japan's Mitsui & Co, will supply roughly 10% of Taiwan's population (more than 1 million ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... cultural differences in the ways that responsible investment is applied if you're looking at major markets such as the US, Canada, Europe, Northern Europe, the UK through to Australia and New Zealand." GSIA worked with the CFA Institute when the ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... leadership for Indigenous engagement in Australia. However, the legislative frameworks differ substantially. For example, in Canada First Nations groups received land title in the 1700s. Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report 2015 outlines ...