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Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Ultimately it reinforces the need for investors to be using all the tools at their disposal to manage carbon risk - active engagement, investment, managed phase out and responsible divestment." Ed note: article updated with comment from Emma Herd.

Exiting emissions-intensive assets may not reduce climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... driving systemic risk. Vigorous, active, unremitting individual and collective stewardship is part of the response. "Engagement is a key tool for investors, as is supporting companies that investors deem to have a credible transition plan. Key, however ...

ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... transparency and accountability regarding the quality of jobs they offer. Biodiversity is also identified as a point of engagement. Acknowledging the global challenge of rapid natural resource depletion, HESTA has urged portfolio companies to assess ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... collecting to a decimal point, such as power and water usage, others you're not. If we broaden that, we have social engagement, modern slavery and governance as well - how do we build that into the scorecard?" Globally, 37% of businesses have aligned ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... their focus on nature-related risk management and biodiversity issues, and the necessity of mobilising private sector engagement and finance to tackle nature loss and scale-up nature-based solutions. The framework aims to help companies and investors ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... surrounding regulatory and mainstream settings as well as well as regulator expectations as well as broader policy engagement w/ sustainable finance." The report revealed a strong uptake in capital flowing to more sustainable investments in 2022 with ...

Mandatory sustainability calculator streamlines housing approvals

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... colours, and skeleton infrastructure for EV chargers to be easily installed in the future. Katris said an industry engagement process with online workshops for developers and architects will be rolled out over the coming months. "We want to identify ...

New net zero standard for miners

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... diversified mining companies' transition plans to net zero. Produced by Climate Action 100+, the world's largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, the Net Zero Standard for Diversified Mining will help investors assess and engage ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A coalition of forestry companies including New Forests have launched a collaborative engagement body that will advocate on issues including climate change, biodiversity loss and halting and reversing deforestation. The International Sustainable Forestry ...