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ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Cyber security, worker safety and nature and biodivdersity expectations are on the list of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) Governance Guidelines. The guidelines are updated every two years and underpin ACSI's proxy voting ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
After 36 hours of tense negotiations, the climate agreement for the first time calls on nations to "transition away" from fossil fuels - but does not explicitly call for a fossil fuel "phase out." The first UN Global Stocktake on climate has resulted ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The much-anticipated fourth draft of the Global Stocktake (GST) text, updated on Monday, does not give a clear pathway or strong ambition on fossil fuel phaseout and energy sector decarbonisation. The GST is the first five-yearly checkpoint on the efforts ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), backed by Australia and more than 600 government and non-government partners, has announced $17 billion in new funding for climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovations. The ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Global public and private funding directly damages nature reached US$7 trillion per year, while funding with a positive impact reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government has announced it will rejoin the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocate $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to ...

Government sets stage for sovereign green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Canberra has released the framework for how it will identify, manage, issue and report on sovereign green bonds. The government's green bond program will select assets based on one or more of the government's three green goals - climate change ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels Australia has joined 40 other countries to end international public investment in fossil fuels, as the first week of COP28 saw new agreements regarding financing net zero ...

Progress on Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published two methodology papers towards the development of Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy. To achieve Australia's goals for renewables deployment, there is a growing pipeline of public ...

Research flags need for comprehensive ESG reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
While most companies report on sustainability frameworks, few conduct independent external assurance, according to new research that also calls for mandatory reporting that goes beyond climate. Researchers at the Deakin Integrated Reporting Centre (DIRC) ...