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Green moves: Carbon Market Institute, JO Hambro

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... at PolitEcon Research where he covered ESG integration with a focus on sustainable investing. He has also interned at the UNEP Finance Initiative, providing support for sustainable supply chain and climate change adaptation projects.

Nature-related education initiatives scaled up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... guidance as they look to build the confidence and capacity for their organisation to take concrete action." In addition, UNEP FI, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) also announced ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... business models and reduce carbon intensity," Morgan Stanley said in a statement. NZBA, which is the climate accelerator for UNEP FI's Principles for Responsible Banking, did not comment at time of publication. When Goldman Sachs exited UN-convened ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... and Woolworths Group. The $170+ trillion, 500-plus member-strong United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has named Martin Koehring as a consultant on the sustainable blue economy. The TEDx speaker and self-proclaimed 'ocean ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... each week defending and protecting the environment, around half of which are Indigenous, according to Global Witness and UNEP. The report noted the importance of a circular economy for water, plastics, and other resources, supporting a sustainable food ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate Change (AIGCC), CDP, Ceres, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Principles for Responsible Investment, and UNEP Finance Initiative. The group says the letter is "the most comprehensive" investor call for policy change. The statement ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... offer key portfolio-level alignment metrics for up to 22 climate scenarios provided by leading models, IEA, the NGFS, and the UNEP OECM. These metrics include portfolio-level Implied Temperature Rise, which would help investors and asset owners allocate ...

Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... step back from participation as Westpac's representative on the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Banking Board and the Net Zero Banking Alliance's (NZBA) governing Steering Group. The bank is now searching for the ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Mrema is also assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP). Alongside co-chair David Craig she led the TNFD from design and development to adoption. She led the negotiations of the ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... of the Earth's land surface has been significantly altered by human activities, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The European Parliament yesterday mandated restoration of 30% of EU land and sea areas by 2030. Under the new EU Nature ...
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