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Greg Combet to depart Net Zero Economy Agency for Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... (NZEA) chair Greg Combet is set to replace Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund, commencing mid-year. At a press conference in Canberra, treasurer Jim Chalmers said the appointment of Combet, who only recently relinquished his role as chair of ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... dates include the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in April, the UN SDG Summit in September, the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 16 in October, and the UN Climate Change Conference COP 29 in November. At the World Economic Forum meeting in January ...

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... but will remain available with resources for materials developed by the Task Force. This follows the United Nations Conference of the Parties COP28, and the release of the TCFD's final 2023 status report on October 12, 2023. The TCFD was founded in 2015 ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... pledges into real-economy outcomes, without delay." Smart Energy Council international director Richie Merzian said the conference delivered "an outcome that has eluded climate negotiators for the last 30 years." "Businesses and investors, here en masse ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... agriculture and natural capital markets in Australia. At the recent Australian Sustainable Finance Institute annual conference, Gilbert, who is also policy officer of Indigenous policy at the University of Technology Sydney Jumbunna Institute, expanded ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... and investor commitments are all topics of interest at the forthcoming COP28. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more commonly referred to as COP28 ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has named two co-CEOs to replace its outgoing leader, one based in Australia and one based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Estelle Parker and Dean Hegarty will take the helm of the organisation in early ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors considering responsible investment products say greenwashing, lack of understanding of methodology used by managers and a desire for financial advice first is stopping them from investing. According to the third 2023 Responsible Investing ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... activities to evade public scrutiny. COP28: nature, clean tech, loss and damage The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more commonly referred to as COP28 ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... economic self-determination, and land stewardship in natural capital. FS Sustainability was a media partner to the conference. Caring for Country ASFI is developing Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy and recommends that Australia should develop ...