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World Bank breaks record with US$5b sustainable development bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... ever-increasing set of investors looking to support sustainable development in our member countries." Barclays managing director and head of SSA direct capital markets (DCM) Alex Paterson commented: "The deal once again affirms the incredible global ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
If 2023 marked a broadened focus on climate adaptation, transition, biodiversity and modern slavery, 2024 is poised to be the year of ESG integration, consolidated reporting, legislative compliance, supply chain due diligence, and managing artificial ...

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has now officially fulfilled its remit and disbanded. As of November 2023, the TCFD website will no longer be updated or monitored but will remain available with resources for materials ...

Deep dive: Blue Finance explained - Lucy Holmes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 26 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
In the latest episode of The Greener Way Lucy Holmes, Senior Director of Blue Finance at WWF US Oceans Markets & Finance, joins FS Sustainability senior journalist Rose Mary Petrass. Investing in the ocean, which is often overlooked yet equally as critical ...

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... we welcome and celebrate this positive move, setting a target is only the beginning," Queensland Conservation Council director Dave Copeman stated. "We now urge opposition leader David Crisafulli and the LNP to put the state's interests first and promptly ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... capabilities of assisting clients to structure sustainable finance solutions across the debt spectrum. David Simmons, executive director sustainable finance at ANZ, said the bank was pleased to support QIC in the integration of the sustainability targets ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Cyber security, worker safety and nature and biodivdersity expectations are on the list of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) Governance Guidelines. The guidelines are updated every two years and underpin ACSI's proxy voting ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses need to turn these pledges into real-economy outcomes, without delay." Smart Energy Council international director Richie Merzian said the conference delivered "an outcome that has eluded climate negotiators for the last 30 years." "Businesses ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... potential to reduce and halt nature loss through the realignment of nature-negative finance flows. Niki Mardas, executive director of Global Canopy said the report is a "stark reminder that continuing with 'business as usual' poses a severe threat to ...

Boards not ready for new workplace laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... with the same priority as physical safety concerns. The research found disparity in perspectives between genders at the director level. Just 20% of women directors believe their boards had a very adequate understanding of the nature of positive duty ...