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Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... meet net zero targets. Since then, the remit has expanded. It has now helped roll out EV charging stations, community resilience, flood events, coastal hazards and sea change, and heat. The team is small - just five people - and the organisation has ...

CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... financing option for enterprises to fund sustainability projects like renewable energy, energy-efficient upgrades, climate resilience, and nature protection. The Business Green Loan supports organisations seeking to bolster environmental conservation ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... forestry investments, and that this will result in better returns, long-term sustainability outcomes, and operational resilience.

Climate-committed investor group grows to $35tr AUM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... solutions and aids investors in setting and implementing net zero targets. In 2023, the group integrated physical risk, resilience, and just transition themes across its work. The IGCC has revealed an increase in the proportion of investors with climate ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability and how companies integrate these issues - it's a lot more focus around making sure ESG is about business resilience and profit opportunities and materiality, not just ESG for the sake of ESG but linking it back to financial materialit ...

Social and governance factors top "new risk reality"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... information security and AI implementation, which is no longer seen as optional but essential to building trust, developing resilience and ensuring business continuity," Frencia said. "This could be due to an increasingly volatile risk picture that threatens ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Proceeds from the bonds are allocated against qualifying projects and assets that support Queensland's pathway to climate resilience and an environmentally sustainable economy, said QTC head of funding strategy and investor relations Jose Fajardo. Assets ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... forestry investments, and that this will result in better returns, long-term sustainability outcomes, and operational resilience. According to New Forests, Asian wood products are seeing the fastest growing demand. "Investment is required not only in ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... federal government is backing a commericalisation initiative that will identify and fund projects to enhance drought resilience in Australian agriculture. Beanstalk AgTech has received a $10 million grant to develop the Drought Venture Studio, which ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... equity left to the wayside due to a lack of reliable information. An even smaller number has conducted a physical and resilience assessment of their portfolio. Although some investors are making strides, Paterson says there is a lot more work to be done ...