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New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures (TIFD) and the Taskforce on Social-related Financial Disclosures (TSFD) have announced their consolidation into a single initiative to address social and inequality risks in financial reporting. ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... pressures, greenwashing concerns and politicisation of sustainable investing, business models predicated on harnessing human capital are poised to reap the benefits of a sustainable transition. The firm's current key engagement themes are climate ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... range of green, sustainable/ sustainability-linked, and social bonds from providers that conduct their business and apply capital responsibly, giving consideration to a range of ESG) issues. A Commonwealth Green Bond Program will also act to establish ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and emissions reduction. The new team will bring together AECOM's specialists in climate resilience, ecology, natural capital accounting, and digital solutions, and its experience in water-sensitive urban design and landscape architecture. The team will ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... working closely with government to start the development of an Australian taxonomy which will help to channel additional capital towards the climate transition. The Treasurer's announcement today is a significant step forward, and an example of how government-industry ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... coordination of standards around climate-related disclosures and taxonomies is a more targeted contribution to allocating capital to initiatives that support the transition."

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... well as industry trade group Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA) and government-backed research body Korea Capital Market Institute (KCMI). The taskforce will be comprised of three workstreams covering corporate disclosure improvement, ESG ...

Amundi launches suite of Net Zero funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... decarbonization targets, using a "proprietary methodology that places a cost value on carbon 'externalities'" based on environmental capital. "Environmental Capital adjusts the company's assumed Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to include the costs ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... governments don't have the capacity to head-to-head with the US and the EU, but Australia has one of the largest private capital pools in the world with super funds," he said. "We don't want to crowd that money out. We want to galvanise it by ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... across portfolios and national, state and local governments. "Australian institutional investors stand ready to provide capital at scale to the businesses that will move climate action beyond renewables, but that innovation ecosystem can't grow in a ...