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Bank says fossil fuel exclusions "will bite" in the future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... professionals in the banking sector, and the general public that a sustainability-conscious financial institution is putting its money where its mouth is. "There are a lot of fossil-free banks out there that don't have a way of shouting about it ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... category, Algeo said. One respondent commented: "It's important to me that I make ethical decisions in where I invest my money, rather than just purely for profit". Secondly, investors cited corporate social responsibility: "Sustainability and doing ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... deforestation and forest degradation in Australia. FS Sustainability is the media partner to the event. The report, Following the money: Financial services' links to deforestation and forest degradation in Australia, explores biodiversity risk in ...

Engaging for real-world decarbonisation: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... expenditure tied to decarbonisation, which ultimately is the indicator that tells the company's future allocation of money and investments going and how serious companies are about solving the issue of decarbonisation." Panel moderator Ian Wood noted ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... clients wanting to move to it and new clients going into it, and now has $80 million across the models, which is significant money," said Ethinvest managing director Trevor Thomas. "We've worked hard to refine the way that we choose the investments such ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... this policy is estimated to be 0.5% in 2023, increasing to 1.52% in 2035. This would be offset through redistribution of money generated by the carbon tax between different stakeholders in the economy without increasing the government's revenue. Redistribution ...

Climate transition a factor in sovereign debt pricing: Ardea

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the guiding bodies telling us it should be the developed countries leading the way. We are the rich countries. We have the money to be able to transition to net zero and renewable energy consumption and to move away from coal - whereas developing economies ...

Challenging market weakens ESG-focused fund flows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... and recession fears are weakening flows into global sustainable funds overall- which attracted $US18 billion of net new money in Q2 2023 compared with over $US31 billion in the previous quarter. Investment research and ratings firm Morningstar's Global ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... offsets by larger companies, farmers should be rewarded for increasing biodiversity in their own land. Davis said public money and voluntary purchases of biodiversity credits by companies would be better ways to increase biodiversity. "Our farmers want ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... confusion, it makes it more cost effective for businesses, and it gives a clear signal to investors around the world to move the money to finance the sustainable future we need to get to." "The most important thing for me personally has been for the ...