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Climate finance gets $100bn boost: ADB

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The region is facing challenges including the accelerating climate crisis, public health crises, and economic and fiscal vulnerability. Aside from its mission to reduce poverty and inclusivity, the ADB also committed ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Walsh said. These projects benefit not just the environment but local communities as well - creating jobs, improving public health, and building more resilient communities. For example, floating photovoltaics not only harvest energy from the sun but ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... (69%), and human rights concerns (68%). Half of the investors surveyed also engage on additional ESG topics including public health, biodiversity and conservation, the rights of Indigenous peoples, natural capital, extreme events, and geopolitical issues. ...

Seeking action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... have increasingly voiced their anger at the perceived inaction to tackle climate change." Seery also touched on public health impacts and adaptation. "The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change details the ways in which climate change negatively ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... much innovation is going on, and how much we can do collectively as an industry." With governments recognising the public health and national security risks of pandemics as a potential regular feature of life in future, this will also bring new funding ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Amatil for its AGM, and she noted that managing the uncertainty of how and when an AGM could be held to satisfy public health and legal obligations was key. "Start earlier in your preparation than you would need to," she urged the audience. "The thing ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... change would remain a key focus area for AXA IM's stewardship team, along with biodiversity loss, diversity and public health, said Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of impact strategy and responsible investments. "As an industry, we are moving ...

Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia (UNGCNA) is calling for a collaborative effort by government and business to address the serious risks to public health posed by climate change. Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director If left unaddressed, climate change has the potential to ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... platform this year, and is moving to provide services that adapt to the social distancing rules that have come with the public health response to coronavirus. "This is really a change that needed to happen," said Jeff Downs, CEO and founder of Redback ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
The sustainable bond sector has continued to evolve to include issuance of social bonds explicitly linked to COVID-19 impacts. Michael Chen, head of sustainable finance, Westpac Institutional Bank Thus far, supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) ...
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