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HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Super fund HESTA says aligning Australian law to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) would enhance outcomes for Indigenous Australians as well as stronger long-term returns for super fund members. Human rights ...

Stone & Chalk takes on climate tech

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... start-up community. We have become an attractive place for climate tech to seek us out." Bromley cited the latest United Nations IPCC report, which calls on global leaders and organisations to act now to halve greenhouse gas emissions this decade with ...

Magnis appoints Global Impact Initiative founder to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... as a UN LEAD Company, which means it is recognised as having "high levels of engagement as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact," according to the UN Global Compact. GII recently launched the Global Gender Equality Fund is the world's ...

Resolution Capital nab MSCI ESG exec for analyst role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Resolution Capital integrates ESG considerations into its investment process to align with the six Principles of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). The firm has been a UNPRI signatory since 2010. Resolution Capital is also ...

South32 negotiates US$1.4 billion sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... is aligned with the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Mining Principles and is informed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Global Compact Ten Principles. "The inclusion of specific measures on our ...

Evolution Mining commits to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... frameworks including the GRI standards, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), as well as the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We also aligned our FY21 Sustainability ...

Investors, business criticise WA cultural heritage bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... recommendation that new legislation should set out heritage protections consistent with international agreements such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Australia is a supporter of UNDRIP. "It is critical ...

Measuring transition risk key to picking climate leaders: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... by Aviva Investors As governments negotiate fresh commitments to contain climate change to 1.5 degrees C at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), one of the issues at play will be how to measure and manage the transition from the current ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... change, leading the UK's implementation of the EU Emissions Trading System and heading the UK Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Dodwell pointed to the UK's net zero pathway document as a pathway ...

COP26 preview: reporting, carbon markets and role of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... carbon markets and how countries report on their emissions reductions progress. In Australia, the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has been dominated by Australia's announcement that the government will commit to net ...