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Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... they will develop a framework to integrate measures of wellbeing into future economic policy settings. The so-called mini-budget announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers featured "hard decisions for hard times," but also fulfilled commitments announced by ...

ASFI Summit to focus on sustainable finance progress, implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Sharm el-Sheikh, noted ASFI executive officer Kristy Graham. "We very intentionally scheduled the summit to be after the budget but before COP27," Graham said. "COP27 is an implementation COP. COP26 as around commitment and formation of [the Glasgow ...

New Zealand to issue green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... committed to bold, enduring climate action," Shaw said. "The Emissions Reduction Plan and the record $2.9 billion of funding in Budget 22 underlines the seriousness with which we take our climate targets. "But after decades of climate inaction we are ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... align to the SDGs. BCSDA CEO Andrew Petersen pointed to Treasurer Jim Chalmers' announcement in July that the forthcoming budget will include a chapter on wellbeing as an example of this. "There are governments that are using the SDGs it to plan strategically ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... allocates that risk towards resource efficiency companies within the sector, such as renewables, with the additional risk budget allocated to resource efficient companies across the rest of the economy. This approach allows us to deal with the supply ...

Brookfield raises US$15 billion for global transition fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... battery storage provider to roll out up to 1,200 MW of capacity alongside 200 MW of co-located solar. "With the global carbon budget being rapidly run down, now is the time for comprehensive, determined action," Carney said. "That means deploying capital ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... most of our global credit portfolios now have a limit to the amount of environmental risk they can take on. It's like a budget - increasingly, over time, you need a trajectory to cut your carbon emissions, or we are not going to fund you." First Sentier ...

Business leaders, consumers "fed up" with ESG progress: Oracle

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Business leaders and consumers are increasingly prioritising sustainability, but are "fed up" with lack of progress towards environmental and social goals and are looking to technology to assist in the digital transformation to achieve those goals ...

New gas projects at risk under strong climate action: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... with rapid scaling of carbon capture, utilisation and storage to absorb a greater quantity of emissions to meet the carbon budget, and renewables making up more than 90% of power by 2040. Under the accelerated pathway, there is ambitious policy, rapid ...

Budget "misses opportunity" to address sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The 2022 federal budget has been labelled a "missed opportunity" or a "massive missed opportunity" on areas including climate and sustainable development. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the 2022 Federal Budget delivered a cash ...