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Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... of climate mitigation." In addition to Australia, other members of the Forests and Climate Leaders Partnership include Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Gabon, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the UK and the US. "The Australian Government is getting ahead with ...

ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... everything that's going on. We will be hearing directly about the conversations regulators are having with Singapore, Canada, the work happening through the taxonomy which is being connected into many different jurisdictions that are also using a ...

Cobalt essential to net zero goals but brings labour risks: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... world cobalt supply. While the DRC has 46% of the world's concentration of cobalt, Australia has 19%, Cuba has 7%, and Canada, Russia and the Philippines all have 3%. Diversifying the world cobalt supply is possible. "There are several things you can ...

Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... into sustainable finance skills, with a particular focus on climate skills. The research follows similar studies done in Canada and Ireland that uncovered a gap in the skills that the financial services industry needs, with Atherton saying it was suspected ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... globally are proactively managing ESG and sustainability impacts, with around a third of respondents from Indonesia, India and Canada and 46% from China reported falling short in this area. " The other call out to me is the big shift we've seen - ...

Bank Australia taps NAB executive as chief impact officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Science from ANU, an MSc from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from York University in Canada.

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Harvest is working with inaugural pilot program participants Manulife Investment Management Agriculture Services (Australia), Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), RRG Capital Management, Warakirri Asset Management and affiliate ...

Munro Partners, GSFM launch climate ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... as an ETF was an opportunity to add an additional distribution channel, Calvert said. "This product has been running in Canada since July of last year," Calvert noted. "We felt that AOI/thematic message people understood and were interested in, so with ...

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... change," and increasing and enhancing diversity on boards and in workforces. "We expect companies in major indices in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia to align with climate-related disclosures requested by TCFD, including whether the company ...

Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... cent of Australia's COVID-19 economic recovery spending was on 'green' initiatives, compared for example to Canada, which spent 74.5%. "Investors understand that climate risk is investment risk," said AIGCC and IGCC CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright. ...