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Podcast: Impact investing vs philanthropy - UN SDGs with Read Taylor Price

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In response, there's been an uptick in demand for companies to report on social impact through the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) - and along with it, an increase in misleading marketing through ...

Impact investor boosts affordable housing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit Greening Australia has boosted biodiversity and carbon sequestration outcomes with native plantings. Through social impact bonds, around 350 children and their families have been supported through education and out-of-home care systems. ...

Equality backslides for first time

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... the TCFD has officially launched with support from Europe's standards-setter and UNDP to help corporates track social impact, as rising inequality reverses 20 years of progress. The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures ...

MSCI launches offset rating

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The index provider rated thousands of projects for carbon sequestration, social impact and sound governance in a bid to increase confidence in carbon markets. MSCI Carbon Project Ratings evaluates the integrity and risks of carbon credit projects, with ...

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... finance becomes more integral to global corporate strategies. Meanwhile Amarjot Bagga, head of environmental and social impact at fin tech provider Iress and an ESG Power 50 winner, goes on parental leave. She leaves former Sims Limited sustainability ...

ESG moves: S&P, UBS AM, Iress, Climate Energy Finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Sustainability ESG Power 50 winner Blaise Porter has now started at fin tech Iress as head of environmental and social impact. She left Sims Metal in November last year, where she held the role of group director of sustainability and social responsibility. ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
First Nations Australians are reporting racism and a lack of cultural safety at work. The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (Jumbunna), the UTS Business School, and the Diversity Council Australia ...

Podcast: Beyond ESG - UN PRI stewardship and engagement initiatives with David Atkin

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... discuss the latest developments in responsible investment, effective stewardship strategies, and the growing focus on social impact within the investment community. Find all episodes here.

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global financial services firm UBS has named Jiayun Fang as Southeast Asia social impact and philanthropy lead, group sustainability and impact. Fang has a background in sustainability, social impact, corporate philanthropy, diversity and inclusion ...

More funding necessary to fix housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
There are some apprehensions over adequacy of $11.3 billion of new funding earmarked for housing in the 2024 Budget. The housing funding builds on investments the government recently promised over the next decade, including: $10 bn for the Housing Australia ...