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KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... topics, with content developed by globally recognised ESG specialists from leading universities and institutions in collaboration with KPMG sustainability professionals. The course is available at all levels, from non-management to executive-level leadership ...

Public-private partnership to tackle VIC housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Victorian government's new housing statement, "The Next Decade | 2024 - 2034 Affordability Partnership", proposes a collaboration between government and the housing industry to streamline processes and boost institutional investment, especially for quality ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Cognizant. The IT services and consultancy provider Cognizant recently released Deep Green: How data, technology and collaboration will drive the next phase of sustainability in business, analysing results from 3,000 executives around the world, including ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... practice for communicating risk-related information to consumers. It will also establish educational programs in collaboration with accounting and other professional bodies to upskill and prepare industry. UNSW ICRR director professor Ben Newell commented ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... dealing with complicated biodiversity and nature issues will require improved capacity-building, data collection and collaboration across sectors. "Nature loss needs to be arrested urgently. Ecosystems are enormously complex, and when they are impacted ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... issues, and co-author of "Greenwashing and how to avoid it: An introductory guide for Asia's finance industry", a collaboration between the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change and Client Earth, noted that regulators around the world and increasingly ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... impact Jo Saleeba said that the global nature-based investment manager develops its forest management standards in collaboration with community, with all assets certified under those standards. EY recently completed guidance of its first cohort through ...

Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... invest in a future benefiting both people and the environment. Her speech promoted proactive engagement, courage, and collaboration in addressing climate change. She called on the finance community to drive decarbonisation, invest in renewables, and ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... public comment until February 2024. The finalised code will be released in March 2024. The code will be developed in collaboration with Australia's peak clean energy industry body the CEC, alongside legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright. The NSW anti-slavery ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... corporates and sustainable finance, HSBC Australia also pointed to the social commitments in the loan. "In our first collaboration with AirTrunk as both a MLAUB and sustainability structuring agent, we are pleased to support AirTrunk with this financing ...