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New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... issues, and inequality in financial risk assessment and decision-making. The TIFD interim secretariat includes the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI), Predistribution Initiative (PDI) ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... what is a pretty nascent/emerging market for embracing human rights risk, full stop." During the same decade, the United Nations promulgated the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which are a series of fundamental principles on business ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... comprehensive, holistic and independently validated." SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the Orange Bond Initiative's (OBI) steering committee, which includes the Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UN CDF), Australian Aid, the US DFC, Nuveen, ANZ and others. The sustainable bond sector is growing ...

First Super taps IFM Investors for ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... bespoke strategy is designed to reflect the labour rights areas most important to First Super, aligned with the United Nations Global Compact Labour Principles. "We're focusing on labour rights in particular the back of a number of controversies in Australia ...

How smart approaches to decarbonisation can generate alpha

TRAVIS WHITMORE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... their assets (US$16 trillion) now committed to be managed in line with achieving net-zero by 2050 or sooner. The United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance now has 73 members, managing US$10.6 trillion that have publicly committed to decarbonizing ...

Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... leading global sustainable listed companies that Alphinity deems as having a "net positive alignment" to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exceed Alphinity's minimum ESG criteria and offer "attractive prospective returns." Since ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... companies understand the pace and scale of the decarbonization transition that is occurring in real time," he said. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the convening body for COPs, reported key outstanding issues that ...

Ramsay commits to Net Zero by 2040

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... zero goals in future public disclosures. SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is aimed at enabling ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Super fund HESTA says aligning Australian law to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) would enhance outcomes for Indigenous Australians as well as stronger long-term returns for super fund members. Human rights ...