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Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... themes to include environmental, social, impact, future, ethical and sustainability, the survey of IG's more than 300,000 global clients found. The study of core markets across countries including the UK, Japan, Germany, Singapore, and Australia aimed ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... As FS Sustainability has previously reported, one of the biggest barriers to achieving ESG goals is inadequate data. A global survey from the IBM Institute for Business Value found that inadequate data (41%) is the biggest barrier to ESG progress, followed ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... saw the steepest growth curve with a 194% increase. By the end of 2022, companies representing more than a third of the global economy by market capitalisation (34%) had set or committed to setting science-based targets. 69% of companies on the Financial ...

Climate action both risk and opportunity to Australia: Intergenerational Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the choices Australian consumers and businesses make over the coming decades," Treasury noted in the report. "While the global net zero transformation is expected to drive changes in the structure of Australia's economy that will be challenging, it will ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... undertaken by The Wilderness Society who commissioned multinational professional services firm EY to develop a report on global finance services' exposure to deforestation and forest degradation in Australia. FS Sustainability is the media partner ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and "future-proofed". NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner Dr James Cockayne commented on the announcement: "Despite the growing global attention on modern slavery risks within the renewables sector, Australia currently lacks an agreed framework for effectively ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... (PUE), operating water usage effectiveness (WUE), gender diversity and gender pay equity. CUE is a metric developed by global collaborative body The Green Grid and measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced per unit of IT energy consumed ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... "[R]isks and projected adverse impacts and related losses and damages from climate change, escalate with every increment of global warming. "As your report makes clear, this is a systemic risk that requires a systemic response. But your report also makes ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... like the benchmark are incredibly helpful, because what they do is they give us a common language," said Neuberger Berman global head of ESG and impact investing Jonathan Bailey. "We found that having these frameworks really helps get people to a common ...

Building sustainable supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Global supply chains can create business efficiencies but also leave companies vulnerable to environmental and social risks, meaning that greater transparency is key to mitigating participation in unsustainable activities. This is one of the key messages ...