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First Sentier Investors gains B Corp accreditation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... as a B Corp, verifying its performance standards in social, environmental and good governance. B Corp accreditation is a global standard which identifies businesses and organisations with sustainable and ethical practices. B Corps are certified by the ...

Seeking action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... that participants will be held responsible for action - or lack thereof - on meeting the ambitious targets to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. "We always knew this was going to be much more of a bread and butter COPP in a lot of ways," said ...

Strengthen governance to avoid investment greenwashing: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... internal governance structures are consistent with regulatory expectations in various jurisdictions, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Greenwashing concerns have brought additional risk to managing sustainable investment funds, says SSGA ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... forestry assets in climate mitigation. The UK-led voluntary partnership was formally launched to maintain the momentum of global action on climate change through forest-based initiatives and to advancing the ambition of the Glasgow Leaders Declaration ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... come into conflict with Australia's legislated net zero target. Brookfield's investment would be led by the Brookfield Global Transition Fund, which is dedicated to the energy transition, alongside institutional partners. Brookfield's plan for Energy ...

IFM hires ESG exec from Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Wealth. "Sustainable investment is a priority area for IFM, and we are thrilled to have Samantha join us as we build our global team and capabilities, said IFM 's acting executive director of responsible investment Serena De Kretser. "We will benefit ...

CDP to adopt ISSB climate standard from 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... at COP27 at Sharm el-Sheikh. The announcement means that the ISSB IFRS S2 standard will be incorporated into CDP's global voluntary environmental disclosure platform. As of 2022, 18,700 companies reported data on carbon emissions, climate risk and ...

Pathzero appoints chief sustainability officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... managers regardless of where they are on their climate journey, giving them the tools to take action to comply with the global emissions reporting standards while upholding fiduciary duty and improving their brand image," he said.

CBA appoints four to Commodities, Trade and Carbon business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... bank's strategy for its commodities business with a focus on Australia and New Zealand. Whitehead previously served as global co-head of commodities sales at Standard Chartered Bank in London. Joe Arena has joined CBA as managing director, trade finance ...

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2030 and hit net zero by 2050. "Embodied carbon has been a somewhat vexing issue, with global building stock set to double by 2050," Fok said. "It is also where we see immense opportunities to reduce real world emissions. ...