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Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... is not put in place," she said. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change projects an additional 1.47 billion jobs globally in sectors critical to climate stability, while the International Labour Organisation estimates that 24 million jobs will ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... finance targets set at the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit in 2029. These goals included US$65 billion globally with US$50 billion in climate finance for low-income and middle-income economies, US$18 billion to adaptation finance, and ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... government agencies, property owners and developers, NGOs and financial institutions on low carbon projects and assets globally. Arup will also participate in the industry working group with the Climate Bonds Initiative to develop sector criteria for ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... impacts occur, to address and remedy those impacts," the toolkit said. "There are an ever-present number of armed conflicts globally, and they can escalate with little warning as they have in Israel-Gaza," Parker said. "This event highlights the importance ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... positive change and for raising corporate ambition on reversing nature and biodiversity loss and its economic consequences globally. I congratulate those 190 investors who have already joined and would welcome others who wish to follow suit."

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate in Australia. A recent joint statement from investor groups representing $150 trillion in assets under management globally called for the Australian government to adopt the ISSB Climate Standard baseline requirements for disclosure of transition ...

UK transition plan taskforce releases final disclosure framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... investors how they will adapt and grow as the global economy transitions to net zero". Transition plans are gaining momentum globally, with the International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) Standards (IFRS S1 and S2), released in June, also expecting ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... considering complex interactions across many disciplines. Insured losses from natural disasters are increasing. 25% of losses globally are uninsured at an exposure level, particularly in emerging economies where 80-98% of the losses are uninsured, according ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... this really kickstarts actually not just corporates and financial institutions and asset owners and investors but really globally all of those different parties valuing nature and understand that nature really is underpinning a lot of the global econ ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Viva Learning. Course material is structured around business thought leadership in ESG topics, with content developed by globally recognised ESG specialists from leading universities and institutions in collaboration with KPMG sustainability professionals. ...