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Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... gender performance, according to The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). WBA recently released its Corporate Human Rights Benchmark and Gender Benchmark. The human rights benchmark ranked 110 of the world's largest apparel and extractives companies on ...

Surge in executive support for sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to audit sustainability data was 54%, up 4 points since last year. However, fewer are doing the same to disclose and benchmark progress. More than half (59%) believe AI will play a major role in sustainability efforts, while (57%) say their organisation ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... InfluenceMap, which used the UN High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) 'Integrity Matters' guidance on lobbying as a benchmark. Policy engagement assessment includes both the company's own engagement and that of its industry associations. The research ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting challenges." Note: ISS owns Rainmaker Group, publisher of FS Sustainability. Global Impact Investing Network benchmark A new benchmark from the Global Impact Investing Network finds that impact investments in the energy sector decrease Scope ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Association, Living Futures Institute of Australia, International Well Building Institute, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark and Climate Bonds. Knight Frank head of ESG Jenine Cranston said that since the property industry will soon need to ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
As the world gears up for COP28, practitioners are preparing for a significant shift towards the integration of nature and climate in reporting. Evan Center, an expert in environment and climate change with the United Nations Global Compact Network ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... organisations to ensure that our definitions are aligned so everything within the PRI reporting framework and the various benchmark trends and reports through the [Sustainable Investment Forum] SIF community as much as possible are aligned," said Simon ...

Most inclusive Aussie orgs named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Fossil-free super fund Future Group, member-owned Great Southern Bank QIC and non-bank lender Brighten Home Loans are among 82 Australian organisations deemed most committed to diversity and inclusion. In partnership with non-profit cultural centre ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The government has announced plans to create a labelling regime for sustainable investment products, including managed funds and super fund options as well as plans to have an unnamed government body maintain a forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... higher price, causing long-term damage to biodiversity and agricultural productivity." World Benchmarking Alliance Nature Benchmark This comes as the World Benchmarking Alliance has launched its Nature Benchmark, identifying 25 key nature indicators ...