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Aussie, Kiwi ministers commit to sustainable finance alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and New Zealand Minster of Finance Grant Robertson and Minster of Climate Change James Shaw issued a joint statement after the inaugural Australia-New Zealand Climate and Finance Ministers' meeting. The two countries ...

Podcast: Fighting modern slavery - NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner James Cockayne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Dr James Cockayne is the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner (the first at either a state or federal level). James explains his role, how government, business and investors can catalyse action on modern slavery, and his thoughts as we mark the 10th anniversary ...

US states sue Biden administration over "woke" ESG rules

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... lawsuit are three energy companies - Liberty Energy, Liberty Oilfield Services, Western Energy Alliance, and one individual - James Copland. The 2022 announcement from the DOL reversed two rules issued in 2020 under the Trump administration that constrained ...

Podcast: Insuring climate-resilient businesses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode, we speak with James Thompson, senior vice president, division manager - Asia-Pacific at insurer FM Global. James talks about the engineering challenges facing businesses as they adapt to climate change, the role the insurer can play ...

New Zealand to issue green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... emissions by 50% by 2030 and reach its net zero carbon target by 2050, New Zealand Treasury said. Climate Change Minister James Shaw said the decision to issue Green Bonds reflects the government's strong commitment to accelerate investment in the ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... companies received a green light, 14 are amber and three had inadequate plans. UniSuper identified CSL, Cleanaway, Qube, James Hardie and Aristocrat as laggards, but said that all have made some progress on decarbonisation efforts this year. "For example ...

Victorian government announces $10m biodiversity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... invested $560 million in protecting biodiversity since 2014 and recently appointed Victoria's first chief biodiversity officer, James Todd.

Insignia Financial creates head of RI role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... head of responsible investing and recruited an ESG exec from Ellerston Capital for the role. Insignia Financial has named James Tayler to the newly created role, which will be responsible for the responsible investing strategy across the firm's investment ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... experts have singled out the principle of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as being part of those rights. Previously, James Fitzgerald, strategy lead and counsel at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), defined FPIC as "obtaining ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Futures team. One of those material issues includes biodiversity, KPMG Australia noted. Partner-in-charge of KPMG Futures James Mabbott cited the example of biodiversity, which the report said will be seen "as a new asset class," with a new metric - ...