Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 29 results for "Ukraine"

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... pouring into decarbonisation, especially in Europe where energy security remains a top priority since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The US$1 trillion infrastructure sector infrastructure at the heart of the challenge is one of the fastest growing segments ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Vietnam and US$5 billion from private partners participating ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... country-level climate commitments. They also reflect policy delays and the energy crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, the modelling of acute physical risks now includes droughts and heatwaves. The scenarios aim to galvanise action ...

ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. ASIC has two other active civil court actions over greenwashing allegations, having ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the laws of war. The violence between Hamas and Israel is front of mind, as is the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but there are more than 100 armed conflicts currently underway in the world. Fauve Kurnadi, a legal adviser on international ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... they did not benefit from soaring oil and gas prices, while their non-ethical peers reaped the advantages of the war in Ukraine. However, ethical funds now seem to be outperforming. Their performance over the last financial year compared favourably with ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced civil penalty proceedings alleging "misleading ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... demand will peak within the decade as countries move away from fossil fuels - a shift hastened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, McKinsey & Company forecasts that power consumption is expected to triple by 2050 as electrification and living ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... $2.05 billion, were also listed as top performers. Agribusiness co-op profitability was impacted in 2022 by the war in Ukraine, which simultaneously caused sharply higher grain prices on commodity markets and increasing fertiliser input costs, resulting ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The forthcoming International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards will reshape the way businesses report and allow investors to make better decisions to allocate capital to sustainable projects, according to the IFRS Foundation ...
PAGE:
1
PREVIOUS
NEXT