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Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... typically expected to make greater career sacrifices to have children," Sarah Liu, founder and director of DEI consultancy TDC Global said. During child-rearing years, women are more likely to work part-time, and more likely to take on more of the domestic ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Major financial intuitions and companies are falling behind on global deforestation, as the EU enacts a new law to protect and restore nature. 75% of the Earth's land surface has been significantly altered by human activities, according to the UN Environment ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... team, whereby Easton consolidated the teams to become the director for EMEA before taking over as senior director, leading global signatory relations since October 2022. "With Cambria joining the PRI and Rose continuing her leadership, I am pleased that ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers, and a key player in developing the necessary technologies to support the global transition to renewable energies (being clearly consistent with the climate-focussed objectives of the fund) and has an ambition ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... convened at the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Sustainability Symposium in New York City to discuss the global roll-out of ISSB Standards. ISSB publishes adoption guide Jurisdictions across the globe are taking steps to support globally ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... likely to reflect the Sustainable Development Scenario - a scenario consistent with rapid decarbonisation which limits global temperature rise to 1.65°C by 2100 at a 50% probability. Financiers face barriers to investment from greenwashing and a lack ...

Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... commitments across 27 investments into emerging sustainability transition assets. To fund the net zero transition the level of global investment needs to triple by 2030: the estimated cost sits at $US3.5 trillion annual capital investment to 2050. The ...

Rest makes another impact investment allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... achieve long-term total returns by investing in companies that are expected to contribute to the transition to a lower-carbon global economy," and focuses on businesses in three areas of decarbonisation - renewable energy, resource efficiency and electrification. ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Ahead of the new 2024 voting season, a global asset manager with US$1.4 trillion in assets under management has announced it will take action and vote on key ESG proposals. AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has changed its voting policy, stating it will ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... of Thailand's largest peatland forest areas with rich flora and fauna and is home to species who are important on a global scale," said New Forests Asia managing director Geoffrey Seeto. "Implementing impact activities related to climate change ...