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Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... 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 the Australian investment ...

New code of practice to mitigate slavery risks in renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... reputational, legal and regulatory risks for every player in the renewables value chain, including investors, insurers, and financial and professional services firms. Since July 2022, more than 400 public bodies in NSW, including government departments ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... two years, we have announced the development of more than half a gigawatt of new capacity in APJ," said AirTrunk chief financial and commercial officer, Prashant Murthy, said:. This landmark SLL ensures that as we scale across the region, we do so as ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... worked in global markets for 20 years and was previously managing director and head of FM Intelligence Unit within SCB's financial markets division. She joined the company in 2020 after leaving Citi as Pan Asia head of core sales. She will identify and ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... an important first step." TTEG will consist of 25 senior leaders that have been endorsed by the Australian Council of Financial Regulators' Climate Working Group. TTEG will provide strategic direction over, input into and endorsement of an Australian ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... exchange traded Australian government bonds through the CommSec app earlier that year, as reported at the time by Financial Standard. Her investment came after meeting Barnden when he delivered a guest lecture at La Trobe University in July 2019, where ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... trillion target for sustainable and low-carbon investments by the end of this decade. The multinational investment bank and financial services company has released its latest ESG report stating that US$700 billion has been designated for financing, out ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... offerings. A spokesperson for ASIC confirmed to FS Sustainability that Bloomberg and MSCI do not hold any relevant Australian Financial Services Licences. But the market regulator issued a warning. "ASIC is actively considering the conduct and obligations ...

Asset managers failing on 2050 goals: InfluenceMap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Large US and Japanese asset managers, however, continue to demonstrate below average alignment scores. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Daiwa Securities, and BNY Mellon, rank the lowest. Goldman Sachs' and State Street ...

ISSB proposes IFRS digital taxonomy for sustainability disclosure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... comparability of sustainability information. The proposed taxonomy will require the digital reporting of sustainability-related financial information. This will facilitate more a structured reporting style that aims to improve global accessibility and ...