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Rest selects Dasseti for ESG due diligence digitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... expanding scope mandatory ESG-related disclosures including modern slavery and the likely implementation of mandatory finance-related climate disclosures via the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS).

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), international human rights group Walk Free, and the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative, to call for such a scheme. IAST APAC is made up of investors including ...

Grok Ventures appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainable fuels (Lydian), critical minerals (Fleet), sustainable food (Loam Bio, Asterix Foods), waste management (Goterra), finance and project developers (Brighte, SunCable, Solar Bay). Grok remains the largest shareholder in AGL Energy after a failed ...

Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... standardised emissions reporting methodologies, a specialist global asset manager has revealed. These impact bonds, designed to finance environmentally beneficial projects, also suffer from a scarcity of post-issuance reporting data. According to Insight ...

Aussie investors prepare for new EU rules

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate director who is found non-compliant to the new CSRD requirements. Additionally, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance is currently consulting on its taxonomy-aligning benchmark (TAB) report, seeking feedback on the development and use of benchmarks. ...

Investors push for nature in climate plans

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... in safeguarding and restoring nature and biodiversity. In a bid to accelerate the protection and restoration of nature, finance experts are calling for the integration of nature-positive objectives into corporate climate transition plans. This comes ...

Podcast: Speaking truth to power on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
On this episode, we're going to do a deeper dive into how we measure sustainable finance, and how we value the dollar impact of financing emissions-intensive activities. This is a key discussion point particularly as we look at Australia's sustainable ...

Rise in ESG commitment by global funds: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... opportunities." Morningstar noted that new and pending disclosure regulation including the European Union's 2021 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFD, the recently released Sustainable Disclosure Requirements in the United Kingdom, and ...

Ninety One launches emerging market transition debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... net zero. Specifically, we believe there is an opportunity to support and grow the corporate sector, by using debt to finance the climate-oriented evolution of their businesses. This provides competitive returns with substantial climate impact." The ...

Growth in green bond issuance brings choice, challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... business, but they have outlined a plan over a number of years a transition to net zero and that particular green bond may finance a certain project to that goal. The company may not have a good current ESG rating, and this company might not be in a ...