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Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 30 super funds nearly doubled fossil fuel exposure over the past two years to December 2023. Investments in the top 190 global companies with major coal, oil, and gas expansion plans rose to more than $39 billion, reaching nearly 9% of shares in default ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is working with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to make their standards more compatible. The partnership between the IFRS - which oversees the International Sustainability Standards ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Estelle Parker said the news is a milestone in Australia's sustainable finance policy. The taxonomy addresses a lack of a global guideline for the critical area of minerals, mining and metals, in which Australia has the potential to become a global ...

Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... partner Christopher Brown said finance and sustainability teams will need to work together to address this issue. "Amidst the global shift towards sustainability-focused financial disclosures, it is imperative that finance teams bring to bear their corporate ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific cited geopolitical conflicts as their top risk over the next 12 months. Those ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... commitments - lending and underwriting of debt and equity issuances - from the world's 60 biggest banks. It showed that global financing for the fossil fuel industry peaked at $955.5bn in 2019, before falling to $705bn last year - a 20% fall compared ...

Podcast: Federal Budget, Climate Week, clean energy and the case for a price on carbon with Tim Buckley

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... of Climate Energy Finance, a public interest pro bono think tank that produces research and analysis on accelerating the global energy transition. With more than three decades of financial market experience, Tim is a highly influential commentator on ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... portfolio manager. Alex Rowe recently completed his APAC tour coinciding the firm's Australian launch of its five-year-old Global Sustainable Equity strategy - an actively managed portfolio of global equities securities deemed to have "high overall ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... government needs to send a clear message to investors, businesses and our trading partners that we want to lead in the global decarbonising market." Tim Buckley, founder and director of Climate Energy Finance said the Budget was an "excellent down-payment" ...

Stewardship resources should double

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... accountability, transparency, and ultimately, impactful change." Hall added: "We look forward to feedback from across the global investment industry on next steps and many future discussions on implementing these findings."