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Firms wrestle with ESG data challenges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Research Institute found that an overwhelming majority of investors believe climate risk will have a highly significant impact on infrastructure investments. However, they do not know how to measure and manage this risk. 97% of investors believe physical ...

Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Rural climate projects now offer a wide range of opportunities for "green" investors to pile into. The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded nearly $280,000 for community-led climate solutions projects in remote, rural and regional ...

Apostle promotes PM to investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... initiatives and drive positive change in the industry. Parkyn joined Apostle Funds 18 months ago as a special advisor to the impact portfolio management team. She made the move after completing a sustainability finance course at Cambridge University. ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... DJI's methodologies "include processes to review and evaluate market-related and geopolitical events' potential impact on our indices and their constituents. "Any decisions made on index changes are publicly communicated to our clients and market ...

Gender-based strategy gives impact investing a boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Good Return has partnered with Macquarie to call for increased gender-based impact investment to support women entrepreneurs. There is a US$360 billion annual financing gap for women-owned small businesses, according to the UN. Impact investing, which ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... from emission reductions, and permit emissions accounting in collaborative CCS hubs. CCS hubs are designed to scale the impact of CCS' by providing a platform for several emitters that use the same carbon dioxide transportation, storage, or utilisation ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Just 11% of Australia's top 200 listed companies comprehensively disclose sustainable sourcing practices in 2022, according to a new index created by supply chain experts. ASX 200 listed companies are not adequately reporting on the sustainability of ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... backlash surrounding environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) practices. However anti-ESG backlash won't impact global trends towards ESG, claims Jens Peers, chief information officer (CIO) at Mirova. The B Corp, an affiliate of Natixis ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... will give a better picture of the highest and lowest paid workers in an organisation, giving a useful comparison of the impact of these salaries on the pay gap.

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... UNEP. "Nature is something that has been viewed as permanent. It's not," says biodiversity expert Ingrid Kukuljan, head of impact and sustainable investing at Federated Hermes. "Nature is not boundless, nature is a scarce resource just like any resource... ...