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Singapore to scale climate data with CDSC NZDPU partnership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... and transition investments. This will form part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Global Climate Action Portal to address data access and reporting. Companies that report to ESGenome will be able to transmit their data on Scope ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... or protect biodiversity would receive a tradeable certificate tracked through a national register. Farmers for Climate Action said the group supports the principal of the bill - which would provide an income for farmers to protect and restore nature ...

Finance responds to new ISSB standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... doing around climate helps Australia move towards its goals and more broadly, the global community around taking climate action." Deloitte has partnered with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) to provide practical insights and actions ...

Climate Action 100+ ramps up corporate activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ will step up engagement activities and shift the focus from corporate climate-related disclosure to implementation of climate transition plans while increasing obligations on lead investors. Climate Action 100+ is a collaborative ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... of climate change, compared to 78% of global respondents. Executives also say they are feeling the heat to take climate action, with 74% saying board members or management are giving them pressure to a large or moderate extent, with regulators, consumers ...

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... invested in several startups including More Good Days (psychology based pain management), Trace (removing barriers to climate action) and Hex (entrepreneurship education). It aims to grow its portfolio to 25 companies within the next five years. "We ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... on the firms' list of priorities. The just transition means maximising the social and economic opportunities of climate action, while minimising difficulties such as negative social impact. "We all play a crucial rule, and we won't get there without ...

Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... address every social ill facing Australia. This makes running a super fund portfolio in light of all the ESG and climate action constraints akin to walking a high wire tight rope. "Plus, through following the Sustainable Development Goals and other parameters ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... be material risks to price stability if the central bank were to use its balance sheet to implement stimulus for climate action. For central banks and other financial regulators, the coordination of standards around climate-related disclosures and taxonomies ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... governments. "Australian institutional investors stand ready to provide capital at scale to the businesses that will move climate action beyond renewables, but that innovation ecosystem can't grow in a vacuum," Rebecca Mikula-Wright, IGCC CEO said. "The ...