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COP28 day one recap: US$429m loss and damage fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... developing countries is currently estimated as greater than $400bn annually and rising. The fund does not include any mandate that wealthy nations pay into it. It will be set up under the World Bank and be reviewed every five years. 77 developing nations ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
As the world gears up for COP28, practitioners are preparing for a significant shift towards the integration of nature and climate in reporting. Evan Center, an expert in environment and climate change with the United Nations Global Compact Network ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... interrelationship with the taxonomy to try and progress the sustainable finance strategy insofar as it relates to our mandate."

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... for the total projects to be fully operational by 2025, Austin told FS Sustainability. The Ethical Fund has a broader mandate, Austin said. "The Ethical Fund finances wind and solar and does some social infrastructure as well," Austin said. "Australian ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Melbourne to discuss how sustainable investors navigate greenwashing and greenhushing. "The reason we went for an impact mandate is that it genuinely creates an authentic approach and framework to put guardrails around from which we assess companies," ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Following pressure from industry groups, France has dropped a mandatory "Say on Climate" resolution from its Green Industry bill just months after the rule was adopted in July. Under the resolution, all French listed companies would be mandated to submit ...

Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... investors has over the past five years now reached over 1400 open-end and exchange-traded funds with a climate-related mandate as of June 2023. This compares with less than 200 in 2018. Europe was identified as the largest and most diverse climate fund ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... according to a report by Deloitte. Deloitte recently authored a report, Embracing the power of digital corporate reporting: A mandate for change, which posits that Australia should move in line with other world markets to convert financial reports to ...

Human rights in business remain a challenge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... are now considering their approach to human rights due diligence (HRDD) expectations of companies and some have begun to mandate action through legislation. "Investors also face this pressure and are challenging companies within their portfolios to align ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
APAC and Japan data centre specialist AirTrunk has more than doubled the financing of an existing sustianbility linked loan, going from $2.1 billion to $4.6 billion. The transaction will refinance existing debt facilities and support the company's "rapid ...