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PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... looks at "specific sustainability issues that investors are prioritising in their practices. Example areas include climate change, human rights, or biodiversity. During the co-design process with signatories, one of these two models (or a combination ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... could cost almost $3 trillion annually by 2030." This directly effects economies and super funds. Land use and climate change pose significant risks to natural and financial assets. "All companies have a dependency or a direct impact," Yazbek-Martin ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Cannon-Brookes will seek to pair socially responsible entities with rural communities that are on the frontlines of climate change. Developed by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), the grant program is funded by Cannon-Brookes' $1.5 ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Toose said the project will bring new opportunities for rural industries. "With many agricultural sectors setting climate change targets for net zero emissions, it is essential to continue the AusLCI legacy of robust and credible sustainability metrics ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... into a CO2 equivalent value using "the global warming potential values from the same Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report as that applying under the Paris Agreement and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 and ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... how that aligns with climate commitments and other policy positions of major companies." The Investor Group on Climate Change also endorses the view that companies' political advocacy align with their net zero targets. "Investors and many heavy emitting ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... transition if careful planning and community engagement is not put in place," she said. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change projects an additional 1.47 billion jobs globally in sectors critical to climate stability, while the International ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... mitigation is still a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change is lagging behind. But new focus from investors, companies and government on investing in building resilience means ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... have effective. That does mean that trustees have to come up - even if they come up with the [Investor Group on Climate Change] IGCC, and have their voices heard because members of parliament say they haven't heard from industry super funds that this ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... US$60.7 billion in 2022, up 46% from 2019, a new joint report has found. The spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation finance, and US$22.7 billion (37%) on climate change adaptation. Private finance stood at US$16.9 billion, the ...