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Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... other financial institutions. "The new Household Energy Upgrades Fund will support investment in energy efficiency upgrades, high performing appliances and battery-ready solar PV," the strategy paper said. "This builds on the CEFC's well-established ...

Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... two-fifths engaging with content relating to ethical consumption, compared to just one in ten in 2021. Australians demonstrate a high level of awareness of modern slavery, with 80% having knowledge of the concept. More than half of Australians are aware ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has published new climate scenarios including predictions that a net zero transition could be "too-little-too-late," disorderly and delayed. The group, consisting ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
An ANZ shareholder is taking the bank to court over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter ...

Deutsche Bank finances Taiwan's largest offshore wind farm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
German's largest banking institution has completed a deal-contingent interest rate hedge and tailored financing for Taiwan's largest offshore wind project to date. Upon completion the 1.0-gigawatt Hai Long, developed and owned by Canada's Northland ...

"Looming" governance gap as reporting becomes mandatory

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... into core banking and investment teams. Professionals with a background in climate, biodiversity and human rights are in high demand, as well as data analysts and specialists with sustainability experience in the business sectors or asset classes to ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... companies to develop their reporting maturity without undue fear of litigation risk" that will "incentivise entities to make high-quality disclosures on a best endeavours basis." A spokesperson told FS Sustainability that mandatory reporting will incentivise ...

Most inclusive Aussie orgs named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Fossil-free super fund Future Group, member-owned Great Southern Bank QIC and non-bank lender Brighten Home Loans are among 82 Australian organisations deemed most committed to diversity and inclusion. In partnership with non-profit cultural centre ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... diverse portfolio that will capture more value in the market. This can be done by being able to dispatch when prices are high at the end of the afternoon via storage coupling or by selling more expensive fixed volume products and managing volumetric ...

Morgan Stanley makes second climate private equity deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... selected for its sustainability credentials - it claims its meal contribute 50% less carbon than the average US meal, and its high growth - Huel reported over $175 million of revenue in the 2022 financial year, an increase of 41% on 2021. The business ...