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New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... areas such as Bangkok. New Forests has established a local entity, Restore Nature (Thailand), to work with the Thai government and local community groups to design and implement a project that "aims to raise the ground water table in select areas through ...

Australian Unity to assist as trustees in compensation deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has been engaged in distributing $27.5m federal government compensation to falsely imprisoned Indonesian children. Australian Unity Trustees will assist in distributing the money to "as many as 240 Indonesian victims, who were wrongfully ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... or the capacity and that is going to place a lot of pressure on businesses in the coming couple of years." With the government tabling an Australian version of the US' Inflation Reduction Act, and Labour putting a carbon price back on the agenda ...

Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A swathe of climate-related technology firms have received the tick of approval from the federal government's Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grants scheme. 21 projects involving 91 entities received grants to solve problems ranging from ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... science-based research group Climate Action Tracker ranks Japan's target as "insufficient". Starting in 2028 the Japanese government aims to introduce carbon pricing that combines a carbon levy with voluntary emissions trading. Climate Bonds Initiative ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... from the ISSB has created a global baseline for jurisdictions to set local ESG standards, Geng added. The Australian government has mandated ISSB-aligned ESG reporting for major companies and financial institutions in 2024. The Chinese guidance "includes ...

Queensland to boost clean economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... communities safe from worsening extremes is sensible, responsible, and economically smart." She also called on the federal government to follow suit and improve policy so clean energy and industry businesses can increase investment in growing sectors. ...

Climate-committed investor group grows to $35tr AUM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosure of Scope 3 emissions. The survey also revealed an increase in climate policies. Over the past year the federal government agreed to sectoral policy plans to support an orderly and just transition to net zero, established the Safeguard Mechanism ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... victim-survivors in Australia. There are at least 1900 victim-survivors of modern slavery in Australia, according to Australian government estimates. Although a criminal offence, there is no national compensation scheme to support victim-survivors. A ...

Aussie investors prepare for new EU rules

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... of new global norms around remedy and due diligence," Samarakoon said. She said RIAA is working with the Australian government to try and introduce similar measures to prevent modern slavery violations. "Australian investors see modern slavery as an ...