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Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Bonds Standard, which assures environmental objectives of use of proceeds and signifies alignment with global best practice standards. The country's Green Transformation (GX) policy aims to fund advanced sustainable technologies to transform ...

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Investment director of stewardship Paul Chandler. "The PRI welcomes the improved access, and the opportunity to develop best practice, that this development from the newly created RMI Investor Network entails."

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... development of new policies and business models, de-risking tools and finance mechanisms. The network will exchange best practice to help nations meet their clean energy needs. Clean energy investments need to grow from less than $150 billion to over ...

Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... assessment tools (such as NatHERS In-Homes) for financial product applicability and consistency with sustainable finance best practice." The CEFC was allocated $1 billion in the 2023-24 Budget to provide discounted consumer finance across the housing ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... calendar here at FS Sustainability, votes close for the ESG Power 50 on 1st of March, and the FS Sustainability Best Practice Forum will take place in May.

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... CCA also recommended that in the first quarter of 2024 government should commission an expert panel to establish best practice for measuring fugitive methane emissions. The ACCU Scheme credits projects that avoid the release of emissions or remove and ...

Net zero roadmap shifts public service spending to green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Petersen. "BCSD Australia is enthusiastic about supporting these initiatives through bringing international business best practice, particularly in areas of energy procurement, fleet management, and sustainable property development. "We believe that ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... reported by the Guardian. CCA's own Review of International Offsets in 2022 mentioned "no forced labour" as a best practice approach for avoiding adverse impacts. The review is expected to include discussion on the risk of other forms of adverse ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... assessment tools (such as NatHERS In-Homes) for financial product applicability and consistency with sustainable finance best practice." The CEFC was allocated $1 billion in the 2023-24 Budget to provide discounted consumer finance across the housing ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) "will play an important role in this transitional period, to ensure best practice reporting, and that all efforts are made to eliminate attempts of wrongdoing," Motto said. It appears that ASIC and the Australian ...