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First Sentier Investors to focus on armed conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... occurring." A toolkit on armed conflict will be unveiled at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference, and FSI was involved in the working group that drafted the toolkit.

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy a "foundational piece" of a sustainable finance architecture ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
For the biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) to be a success, investors must come on board, according to the CEO of Mirova. Natural capital preservation is an investment theme that institutional investors should put time and resources into ...

Experts consider mining the transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... on the risks and opportunities in transitioning Australia's mining industry at the recent Commonwealth Bank Momentum conference. Fortescue Metals group manager - sustainability Catherine Bozanich noted that the company has released a net zero strategy ...

Ethical Advice Conference to build knowledge on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... from retail investors is a key knowledge gap for advisers, according to the founders of next week's Ethical Advice Conference. The Ethical Advice Conference is a half-day virtual conference designed for financial advisers seeking to upskill in ethical ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... an allocation of $44.2m over the next four years "to engage more with the UN on climate change, including to host a conference of parties (COP) with Pacific Island nations. Greenpeace noted that the government had made "big pledges about strengthening ...

Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... sovereign debt markets, according to the head of research for Ardea Investment Management. Speaking at the JANA annual conference, which focused on investing through turbulent markets, Laura Ryan presented findings from research conducted by her and ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Byres highlighted that climate change is a disruptive risk in a speech at the Risk Management Association Australia CRO Conference. "The complex interactions between climate risks and business activities present genuine challenges for risk management ...

Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... developing. As reported by sister publication Financial Standard, Research director Alison Atherton offered delegates to the Conference of Major Super Funds a sneak peek of work the Institute has been undertaking into sustainable finance skills, with ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... sufficiently respond to climate change will face. RBA head of domestic markets Jonathan Kearns spoke at the Credit Law Conference this week and outlined the risks climate change poses to Australia's financial system, how they apply to different financial ...