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A rising tide for blue bond investment: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... and SDG 14 (life below water). To help drive issuance and to create guidelines to avoid bluewashing, the International Finance Corporation has created guidelines for blue finance, building on the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA)'s ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... when recent events in the courts demonstrate that it is something far greater," Melbourne Climate Futures Sustainable Finance Research head Arjuna Dibley, co-author on the report, said. Climate litigation is a threat to companies through financial pay-outs ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... productive economy in a hothouse world." Despite the severity of these projections, Paterson says less than half of the broader finance community engages in comprehensive scenario analysis. Those who do typically focus on traditional asset classes like ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... supervisory instruments, key gaps remain - especially in high-income countries - and ambition and implementation of sustainable finance measures is unequal. This according to the Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities Tracker 2023 ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... fund Andra AP-fonden; German pension group Bayerische Versorgungskammer, and the Australian Government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which committed $75 million to the fund. The fund aims to drive down emissions through sequestration, by ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... allegations it failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. #2: Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development April: Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would co-fund the initial development phase ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy-eligible and aligned activities related to climate objectives. The European Commission may seek to update the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) regime in early 2024. Also, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (the LkSG) takes ...

Deep dive: Blue Finance explained - Lucy Holmes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
In the latest episode of The Greener Way Lucy Holmes, Senior Director of Blue Finance at WWF US Oceans Markets & Finance, joins FS Sustainability senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass. Investing in the ocean, which is often overlooked yet equally as critical ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... where ASRS requirements might deviate from those of IFRS S2. It's challenging from two perspectives - that of the finance sector, and that of the reporters. With respect to the finance sector, if Australian companies are reporting differently to ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... sharing salary and job information. For the first time, the report segments ESG professionals, with heads of sustainable finance/responsible investment in its own category. Talent Nation reports that the average employment contract, including bonuses ...