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Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity Framework," she said. "In just over two years, we have delivered the recommendations and have also welcomed our first cohort of early adopters of the TNFD. These extraordinary achievements are the result of the collective efforts of my colleagues ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA and BHP are set to pilot a new First Nations-led plan under development for the private sector, as the group behind the scheme works with Canberra to update cultural heritage laws. Investors face financial, legal and reputational risk if they ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... mandates. Some Aussie super funds have already integrated impact investment into their firm's strategy. From 2015 to 2023the first major impact investing mandate from a major superannuation fund in Australia saw a $91M investment pool facilitating ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... aspects of good corporate governance including anti-corruption, international human rights, and considerations around First Nations rights and cultural heritage," she said.

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
In a world first, Japan's JPY1.6 trillion (US$11 billion) Climate Transition Bond will launch with proceeds going to fund Japan's carbon neutrality investment roadmap. The bond is certified under the Climate Bonds Standard, which assures environmental ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... companies should pay an additional "green premium" - and select more expensive, but environmentally friendly technology. The First Movers Coalition, members of the private sector that aim to advance climate technologies through members' purchasing ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... of investing in the public services and infrastructure that are needed to cushion the blow. This is contributing to the first major rollback in human development in decades. Widening inequality, even in wealthy nations, pose an "existential threat" to ...

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... of the progress of companies' climate-related disclosures. As the International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) first standards (IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-Related Financial Information and IFRS S2 Climate-related ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... The CCA made 15 recommendations including to enhance transparency and increase Scheme participation by supporting First Nations, rural, regional and remote communities. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the government will continue ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
After 36 hours of tense negotiations, the climate agreement for the first time calls on nations to "transition away" from fossil fuels - but does not explicitly call for a fossil fuel "phase out." The first UN Global Stocktake on climate has resulted ...
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