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Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Credits, a study on the sector and the three major categories of natural capital assets. "Outside of the obvious positive ESG aspects, natural capital also provides embedded carbon reduction within their strategies and oftentimes a positive carbon capture," ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... prominent role in directing finance away from the most environmentally harmful sectors like coal, gas and oil, and set minimum ESG expectations in financial regulation and supervision," Siti Kholifatul Rizkiah, lead author of the SUSREG Annual Report ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, in partnership with the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI). #3: Average head of ESG pay hits $350,000: Talent Nation February: Average salaries for heads of ESG saw a double-digit increase over the previous ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... marked a broadened focus on climate adaptation, transition, biodiversity and modern slavery, 2024 is poised to be the year of ESG integration, consolidated reporting, legislative compliance, supply chain due diligence, and managing artificial intelligence. ...

Deep dive: Blue Finance explained - Lucy Holmes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Holmes works with banks and investors to identify the risks of a business-as-usual approach and to incorporate ocean-related ESG metrics into financial decision-making. Tune in to hear insights into the evolving landscape of sustainable blue finance ...

Northern Trust pulled up for greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Green Transition Index Fund is a passive fund that seeks to track the risk and return characteristics of the MSCI World Custom ESG Climate Series A Index. "Three holdings were erroneously included within the MSCI Index and therefore within the Fund and ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable/responsible investment can expect to see their pay packet surpass $500,000, according to recruitment agency Talent Nation. ESG professionals continue to be highly sought-after, outstripping supply "for the foreseeable future," Talent Nation ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure ratings will provide important benchmarking to enable targeted improvement initiatives across a broad range of ESG aspects." In July, QIC Infrastructure closed a $1.6 billion green loan in what is understood to be a world's first.

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace under the Respect@Work Positive Duty. Executive remuneration "ESG risks and opportunities continue to be financially material to investors," said ACSI CEO Louise Davidson. "Our Governance Guidelines ...

ASX100 improving on modern slavery disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... monitors the effectiveness of its efforts." The report also found that 57.3% of ASX100 companies linked executive compensation to ESG performance. Notably, this group achieved a significantly higher MSD Score, with a mean difference of 8.24 points. "The ...