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Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... ISS-ESG. Yazbek-Martin said there is a "massive gulf" between innovations in nature positive solutions and natural capital accounting within the scientific community and how the finance sector is able to respond, and she sees the role of ASFI at this ...

Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... equity funding going into climate tech continued to rise, from 7% of private market start-up investments in 2018 to accounting for more than 10% in 2023. Notably, while North America and China shifted away from mobility-related start-ups and towards ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the forthcoming International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards help investors and companies in analysing and disclosing these risks? A: TCFD has been a useful but not a perfect ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... start by saying if you think about your balance sheet, which is your statement of financial position, a lot of those accounting estimates do require estimation on a forward-looking basis, even down to the discount rate that you apply. "It shouldn't ...

Does sustainable investing underperform?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... equation, sustainable investing portfolios performed at 0.2% lower than the proxy for the US market, and 0.1% lower when accounting for portfolio market risk exposure. In addition, more than 50% of the positive alpha in 2020 is explained by industry ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... placed for when climate disclosure and the introduction of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards come into force in Australia. "Companies are gearing up for that," Proudlove said. "Over the last four to five years ...

Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... This compares with less than 200 in 2018. Europe was identified as the largest and most diverse climate fund market, accounting for 84% of global assets. This is attributed to higher investor interest and regulation. China and the US rank second and ...

Uni partnership to turbocharge innovation in CO2 product manufacturing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... research to make a difference to the environment we need to identify methods and frameworks for embedded emissions accounting that can unlock growing markets for abated carbon products and services," Tanksale said. "Not only will our research be an investment ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... be improved levels of funding, policy development and corporate cooperation to get them off the ground, plus robust accounting and verification regimes. Smith specifies the agriculture sector as a prime foundation for Australia's biodiversity offset ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... negative (climate positive) to the tune of 6.6t [tonnes] of CO2 buried for every tonne of livestock carried, after accounting for all emissions. "The land management techniques used by Carly and Grant have added 47,000 tonnes of soil organic carbon to ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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